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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Southern Utah University

  • Program Basics

      • Southern Utah University School of Business
      • Southern Utah University
      • 351 W. University Blvd
      • Cedar City, Utah
      • 84720
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://suu.edu/business/
      • Program e-mail address: business@suu.edu
      • Program phone number: 435-586-5462
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes

    • Accreditation other than AACSB:

      • ACBSP
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1954
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 7,166
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 525
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 88
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 65 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within six years of admission to the university: 54 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BA, BS Accounting
      • BA, BS Economics
      • BA, BS Finance
      • BA, BS Hotel, Resort and Hospitality Management
      • BA, BS Management
      • BA, BS Marketing
      • BA, BS Business Education

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $4,658.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $15,370.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $540.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $129.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $427.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $6,189.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,600.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 29 %
      • International: 38 %

    • Mean and median age of full-time business students in the newest entering class:

      • Mean: 20
      • Median: 18

    • Percentage of newest entering class:

      • Top 10% of high school class: 25 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 48 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 43 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 20 %

    • ACT scores for the newest entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

      • Mean: 23
      • Median: 24

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 20
      • To: 26

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 62 %
      • Canada: 2 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 36 %
      • Dual Citizenship: 0%
      • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Regional breakdown of U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 2 %
      • West: 98 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • ACT
      • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 770, 770
      • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 16, 16
      • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 2.2, 2.2
      • Interviews are: Not offered

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 05/01/2012
      • Spring 2013 12/01/2012
      • Additional application requirements: TOEFL scores: paper 525, computer based 197, internet based 71. IELTS of 6.0 or higher. Must have health/medical insurance.
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 6,364
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 72 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 46 %
      • International applicants: 36 %
      • Female applicants: 29 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Not Considered
      • Class rank: Not Considered
      • Talent/ability: Not Considered
      • Interview: Not Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Not Considered
      • Volunteer work: Not Considered
      • Character/personal abilities: Not Considered
      • Application essay: Not Considered
      • Work experience: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • High school GPA: Very Important

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The university admissions office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 501
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 63 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 52 %

    • Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

      • Minimum SAT: 770, 770
      • Minimum ACT: 16, 16
      • Minimum high school GPA: 2.2, 2.2
      • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: No
      • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Not required

    • Freshman admission:

      • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
      • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 68 %
      • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? Yes
      • Process for freshmen admission?: Indicate interest on university application

    • Internal transfers:

      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: A change of major form must be filled out, signed and turned in to the Registrar's office. Advanced standing must be reached before student can take upper division courses.

  • CAMPUS LIFE

      • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: No
      • Are business students grouped together in 'learning communities' in housing and other facilities?: No

  • PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

    • Minimum number of credit hours required to receive an undergraduate business degree:

      • BA/BS 120
      • BA/BS 30
      • BA/BS 30

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • 2.5 GPA and completion of all graduation requirements.

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 24
      • Business electives: 6
      • Non-business electives: 63

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 56 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 39 %
      • With more than 50 students: 5 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 8
      • New electives: ECON 4900-02 International Econ & Finance
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 1999
      • Total business faculty: 31
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 58 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Dr. David Berri
      • Dr. Gerry Calvasina
      • Dr. David Christensen

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Hotel Administration
      • Work study: 2 work study positions are available in the School of Business every year. However, these are not limited to business students.
      • Study abroad programs: Seol, South Korea; Salzburg & Vienna, Austria; Paris, Bordeaux & Lyon, France; Poitiers & Tours, France; Dublin, Ireland; Tiburg, Netherlands; Barcelona, Spain; Olten, Switzerland.
      • Volunteer opportunities: VITA, free tax service done by accounting students. HRHM program has a service learning component as well as the MGMT 4200 course.

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • PBL
      • DECA
      • Hospitality Management Guild
      • PAC

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Financial aid web site: http://suu.edu/ss/financial/

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $310,876.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $389,792.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: academic merit
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 15 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 1 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 0 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 100 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
      • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $16,296.00

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 81 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 8 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 92 %

    • Top employers (number of students hired):

      • Southern Utah University 3
      • Deloitte 2
      • Mediconnect Global 2
      • Wells Fargo 2

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $26,279.00
      • Median base salary : $22,500.00

    • Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 31 %
      • General Management: 22 %
      • Management Information Systems: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 11 %
      • Operations/Production: 4 %
      • Logistics/Transportation: 3 %
      • Other: 28 %

    • Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consumer Products/Retail : 35 %
      • Financial Services: 26 %
      • Government/Education: 10 %
      • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 4 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 6 %
      • Sports/Leisure: 6 %
      • Transportation: 3 %
      • Other: 7 %

    • Job offers accepted by most recent graduates in North America:

      • US: 100 %

    • Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in regions of US:

      • Midwest: 1 %
      • South: 3 %
      • Southwest: 4 %
      • West: 92 %

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 5,849

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $370.00
      • Median Gift: $50.00
      • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

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