University of St. Thomas

PROGRAM BASICS

Opus College of Business

University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Ave MAIL MCH128
Saint Paul , Minnesota 55105

Private Institution

Web site

http://www.stthomas.edu/business

Program e-mail address:

cobundergrad@stthomas.edu

Program telephone number:

(651) 962-5544

AACSB accredited:

No

Accreditation other than AACSB:

NCACS

Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:

1950

Length of entire institution:

Four Year

Business program length:

Four Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
B.A. - Business Administration
B.S. Real Estate Studies

PROGRAM COSTS

Annual Tuition (Resident):

$  27,328

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)

$  27,328

Cost per academic credit (resident)

$  854

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)

$  854

Required fees

$  494

Books:

$  1,300

Room and board:

$  7,612

ENROLLMENT

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

2,418

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:

131

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:

0

Total College enrollment for 2008-09:

11,788

ADMISSIONS

Minimum SAT score for entire college on 1600 scale:

950

Minimum ACT score for entire college:

20

Interviews for entire college:

Not required

Additional application requirements for entire college:

Very good to excellent high school transcript cumulative grades showing preparatory classes AND a writing sample AND demonostration of English proficiency by one of the following: PBT based TOEFL score of 550, CBT TOEFL score of 213, iBT TOEFL score report of 6.55; or Michegan English Lang Assessment Battery minimum score of 77; or SAT critical reading score of 450; or ACT verbal score of 19; or ELS Language Center completion of Level 112, and with the recommendation of academic director.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Freshmen admitted into business program:

No

Percentage of business students admitted as freshmen:

0  %

Are the freshman admits to the business program required to complete pre-business courses before beginning upper-lever courses in the junior year?

Internal transfers handled by:

Declare business major

Minimum requirements for business program:

Entrance exam requirement other than SAT/ACT for business program:

No

Interview to enter business program:

Not required

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:

N/A

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:

2.0

Additional requirements for internal transfers:

No additional requirements.

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:

5,055

International applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

2  %

Female applicants, entire college, 2008-09:

58  %

Selectivity--applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

81  %

Yield -- applicants enrolled in undergraduate business program, 2008-09:

26  %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

Secondary School Record:

Very Important

Class Rank:

Important

Talent/Ability:

Considered

Interview:

Not Considered

Extracurricular Activities:

Considered

Volunteer Work:

Considered

Character/Personal Abilities:

Considered

Application Essay:

Important

Work Experience:

Not Considered

SAT/ACT Scores:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Not Considered

High School GPA:

Considered

Admissions program managed by:

The business program office

CLASS PROFILE

Class Profile:

Female: 37  %
International : 1.5  %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 18
Median: 18

Citizenship of Entering Students

U.S.: 98  %
Canada: 0  %
Other countries: 1.5  %
Unknown: .5  %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 1.4  %
Asian American: 4.8  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 1.1  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 88  %
Chose not to report: 0  %
Other: 4.5  %

Entering students from the following region:

Northeast: 0  %
Mid-Atlantic: 0  %
South: 0  %
Southwest: .68  %
Midwest : 98  %
West: .68  %
Possessions and territories: .23  %

SAT Scores for full-time entering business students on 1600 scale:

Mean: 1125
Median: 1110

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

From:  1,040
To:  1,200

ACT Scores for full-time entering business students:

Mean:  25
Median:  24

ACT middle 50% range:

From:  23
To:  27

Percent of Students Who Were In:

Top 10% of high school class

10  %

Top 25% of high school class:

32  %

HS GPA of 3.75 or higher

25  %

HS GPA of 3.5 to 3.74:

27  %

FINANCIAL AID

Financial aid handled by:

Central financial aid office at the university

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:

A combination of need and merit

Scholarship consideration process:

All candidates are considered for scholarships

Other scholarship considerations:

N/A

Students receiving institutional scholarships for 2008-09 academic year:

43  %

Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2008-09:

2  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2008-09 year:

83  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2008-09:

17  %

School offers guaranteed loans:

No

Financial aid web site

http://www.stthomas.edu/financialservices/undergraduate/

PROGRAM BASICS

Freshman retention rate:

88  %

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BA
Hours: 132
Degree: BS
Hours: 132

Other degree requirements:

Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Business Ethics, Business Law, Operations Management, Financial Management, Marketing, Management and Organizational Behavior, plus 1-6 concentration courses by discipline, 40 hours community service, Finite Math or Calculus, Statistics, Macro Economics, Micro Economics

ACADEMICS

Average class size in required business courses:

27

Average class size in business electives:

25.6

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:

25.3

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 19  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 81  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 0  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:

26  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2007-08:

44  %

CURRICULUM

Number of elective courses available in business program:

60

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:

2007

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Special programs for business students:

London Business Semester: each Fall term, 50 Junior level business majors and 2 faculty travel to London to study under both St. Thomas and British professors; students take required business courses and general University required courses. Career Exploration Seminar Series

Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:

Yes

Students have the opportunity to work with Opus College of Business faculty, administration and staff as research assistants, administrative aids, and tutors.

Business program offers study abroad opportunities:

Yes

Study abroad program description:

In addition to the London Business Semester for Business, St. Thomas sponsors more than 130 programs in more than 40 countries around the world. Each year, over 800 students take advantage of the opportunity to study in almost every region of the world in semester/full year programs, or in short-term programs during January or Summer.

Volunteer work and community service opportunities:

Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:

All business students complete Business Learning Through Service (40 hours community service) as a requirement for graduation. Last year, students provided service atover 300 non-profit organizations in the United States and abroad, providing over 32,000 hours of service. In addition to individual student projects, group projects included organizing and hosting the 7th annual silent auction for Listening House (a drop-in homeless shelter open during the day), work with AccountAbility MN preparing income tax returns for low-income community members and new immigrants, work with Junior Achievement, and alternative Spring Breaks traveling to several locations completing service projects. A Board of BUSN 200 stduents also selected and awarded grands to five lical non-profit organizations, made possible through a $30,000 anonymous grant.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Accounting Club American Marketing Association
Delta Sigma Pi
Entrepreneurial Society
Financial Management Association
Law in Business Club Logistics and Operations Management Club
Real Estate Society
SIFE: STudents in Free Enterprise
Society for Human Resource Management

FACULTY

Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 84
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 32
Permanent/tenured professors: 59
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 26
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 1.7
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 1
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 1

Prominent faculty:

Dr David Brennan
Dr David Deeds
Dr Kenneth Goodpaster

STUDENT LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:

American Marketing Association
Accounting Club
Entrepreneurial Society
Financial Management Association
Delta Sigma Pi

Freshmen are required to live on campus:

No

Business students are grouped in learning communities:

No

TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network available:

Yes

Technological improvements made in the last three years:

ERP (SunGard Banner) major upgrades, business intelligence, data warehousing systems, and data center consolidation; conversion of server architecture and virtualization;University's Web redesigned/added content management;wireless IP access across campuses;VoiP implemented ine of OPUS College of Business buildings;prospective student and alumni online communities formed; major digital conversionof video production and facilities; Digital Convergence initiative: upgrade campus to converged network and 10 Gigabit backbone, increaded intercampus and Internet/Internet2connections; rollout of Enterprise Portal and Sharepoint portals

Trading laboratory available:

Yes

ALUMNI

Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:

20,295

Total living alumni:

18,845

Percent of alumni who gave, 2007-08 academic year:

11  %

Median alumni gift, 2007-08:

$  50

Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2007-08?

Yes

Prominent alumni:

Name: Dan Buettner
Title: explorer and author
Name: Timothy Flynn
Title: Chairman & CEO KPMG International
Name: Stephen P. Nachtsheim
Title: Chairman Delux Cprporation

CAREER SERVICES

Percent of 2008 graduates who provided employment information:

51  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 95  %
Not Seeking full-time employment in business: 5  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:

93

Companies that posted full-time job offers/positions on school job boards, previous academic year:

371

Other activities and services provided for business majors:

Drop-in information/help sessions, individual counseling appointments, mock interviews, seminars on job seeking, negotiating, resumes, and interviewing, plus a comprehensive career website on all aspects of cereer development including audio streams, webinars, and a job/internship posting site. Career Services also provides faculty consultations and class presentations, on-campus interviewing and the Minnesota Private College Job/Internship Fair.

Job offer results, 2008 graduates:

Top hiring firms:

Target Corp.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Wells Fargo
General Mills
Honeywell
Best Buy
Ernst & Young
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
KPMG LLP

US Bank
Piper jaffray & Co
McGladry & Pullen

Graduate compensation:

Median base salary: $  41

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 1  %
Finance/Accounting: 30  %
General Management: 30  %
Human Resources: 2  %
Marketing/Sales: 30  %
Operations/Production: 3  %
Logistics/Transportation: 4  %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100  %
Canada: 0  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 0.3  %
Mid-Atlantic: 0.3  %
Midwest: 88  %
South: 1.1  %
Southwest: 0.3  %
West: 2.7  %
US Possessions/Territories: 0  %

Number of companies recruiting interns on-campus, 2007-08 academic year:

53

Internship postings on job boards, previous academic year:

209

Top internship recruiters, 2007-08: