Program Basics

• • Martin J. Whitman School of Management
  • Martin J. Whitman School of Management
  • Syracuse University
  • 721 University Avenue
  • Syracuse, New York
  • 13244
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://whitman.syr.edu/undergraduate
  • Program e-mail address: whitinfo@syr.edu
  • Program phone number: 315-443-3850
  • Status: Private
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1919
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 14,671
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,795
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 36
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 92 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 76 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 84 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS/Accounting
  • BS/Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
  • BS/Finance
  • BS/Supply Chain Management
  • BS/Marketing Management
  • BS/Management
  • BS/Retail Management

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $36,300.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $36,300.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $1,368.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $1,580.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $1,580.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $13,254.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,322.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 41 %
  • International: 13 %

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

  • Mean: 18
  • Median: 18

• Percentage of newest entering class:

  • Top 10% of high school class: 41 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 81 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 51 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 23 %

• SAT scores (1600 scale) for the newest entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

  • Mean: 1188
  • Median: 1190

• Middle 50% range of SAT scores (1600 scale):

  • From: 1120
  • To: 1250

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

  • Mean: 26
  • Median: 26

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 25
  • To: 28

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 83 %
  • Canada: 1 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 15 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 7 %
  • Asian American: 11 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 9 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 56 %
  • Chose not to report: 2 %
  • Other: 13 %

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

  • Northeast: 68 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 9 %
  • South: 4 %
  • Southwest: 4 %
  • Midwest: 5 %
  • West: 8 %
  • Possessions and territories: 2 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT or ACT
• • Interviews are: Recommended

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 1/1/2011
  • Fall 2013 1/1/2012
• • Additional application requirements: Visit the Apply to SU link at admissions.syr.edu for information about all application requirements.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 25,884
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 49 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 27 %
• • International applicants: 14 %
• • Female applicants: 41 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Very Important
  • Talent/ability: Very Important
  • Interview: Very Important
  • Extracurricular activities: Important
  • Volunteer work: Important
  • Character/personal abilities: Very Important
  • Application essay: Very Important
  • Work experience: Important
  • SAT/ACT scores: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Very Important
  • 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: 4,626
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 33 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 38 %
• • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: No
• • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Recommended

• Freshman admission:

  • Does the business program admit freshmen?: Yes
  • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 83 %
  • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No
  • Process for freshmen admission?: Indicate interest on university application

• Internal transfers:

  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 3.30
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: At least 24 credits at Syracuse University, including at least two of the following or their equivalents: MAT183, MAT221, MAT284 or ECN203

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • American Marketing Association
  • Students in Free Enterprise
  • Investment Club
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes
  • Are business students grouped together in 'learning communities' in housing and other facilities?: Yes

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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

  • BS 121

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • Global diversity experience, internship and community service

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 44
  • Business electives: 30

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 15 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 75 %
  • With more than 50 students: 10 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 69 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 69
  • New electives: Model Building for Investment Banking
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2004
  • Total business faculty: 91
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 86 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Tom Lumpkin
  • S.P. Raj
  • Jeff Harris

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Supply Chain Management
• • Special programs: Orange Value Fund - select group of students participate in 2-year analyst program & manage $1.2M hedge fund; Student incubator - incubator where students start & run their own company; study abroad; University Honors program
• • Work study: Whitman students are required to do at least one internship
• • Study abroad programs: Whitman students, through SUAbroad, can study abroad at Syracuse University Centers in Beijing, Florence, Hong Kong, Instanbul, London, Santiago, Strasburg and other areas.
• • Volunteer opportunities: Whitman requires community service and leads all other schools on campus in student service learning.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Whitman has 15 student clubs relating to business and extra-curricular activities; below list a sample
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Students in Free Enterprise
  • Investment Club
  • Alpha Kappa Psi
  • American Marketing Association
  • Delta Sigma Psi
  • Beta Gamma Sigma

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://financialaid.syr.edu

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $21,136,528.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $22,172,863.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 59 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 4 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 77 %
  • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 23 %

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
• • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $25,000.00

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 66 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 78 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 22 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 71 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 2 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 2 %
  • No job offer reported: 25 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 71 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 2 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 2 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 25 %

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Macy's/Bloomingdale's 20
  • JP Morgan Chase & Co. 13
  • PWC 8
  • KPMG 6
  • Deloitte 5
  • Ernst & Young 5
  • Morgan Stanley 5
  • Saks Fifth Avenue/Saks Off Fifth 4
  • AXA 3
  • Citi 3
  • Goldman Sachs 3
  • Kohl's 3
  • Unilever 3
  • Bloomberg 2
  • Ross Stores 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $49,713.00
  • Median base salary : $48,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $4,972.00
  • Median signing bonus: $3,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 2 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 41 %
  • General Management: 23 %
  • Human Resources: 1/2
  • Management Information Systems: 1/2
  • Marketing/Sales: 18 %
  • Operations/Production: 4 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 3 %
  • Other: 8 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 25 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 20 %
  • Consulting: 0 %
  • Financial Services: 24 %
  • Government/Education: 0 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 1 %
  • Manufacturing: 12 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 0 %
  • Technology/Science: 4 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Transportation: 0 %
  • Utilities: 0 %
  • Other: 11 %

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

  • US: 99 %
  • Canada: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 82 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
  • Midwest: 4 %
  • South: 4 %
  • Southwest: 1 %
  • West: 3 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Career services offered: Career Madness career & professional development boot camp; discipline-specific career fairs; Wall St. Goes Orange; Marketing Career Exploration Trip; Accounting Career Symposium; Supply Chain Symposium; Retail Summit; Alumni mentoring program; office hours with business professionals

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 37,826
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 27,833
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 11 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $334.00
  • Median Gift: $138.00
  • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Martin J. Whitman Founder, Third Avenue Fund
  • Daniel D'Aniello Founder, Carlyle Group
  • Arthur Rock Venture Capitalist

• • -Group work in every class really prepares you how things work in the real world. Majority of the classes are interactive, really allowing you to learn instead of just memorizing material for exams and quizzes.
    
    -I believe there should be required classes concerning searching for jobs and the proper way to look. I propose they have members of the career center teach the class effectively and structure it like any other class.
    
    -EEE 457 capstone course requires us to use all the knowledge gained throughout the 4 years spent at the college. It requires knowledge of operations, accounting, finance, and marketing as well as using teamwork to accomplish the task of writing a full-length business plan for a unique idea.
    
    -We have a phenomenal alumni network, which is good at placing Syracuse students into positions in companies. The program is also especially good at making sure its students' interpersonal skills provide them a significant competitive advantage.
    
    -A bigger emphasis on technical/analytical knowledge would strengthen the program, not significantly, though it would help.
    
    -We have our own business oriented career office in which they focus on getting BUSINESS companies for us - absolutely amazing.
    
    -Too focused on US economics; I just wish that we could have more global business courses and an international view rather than very US focused.
    
    -Every class requirement needed to complete a degree is relevant and considerably contributes to making the student knowledgeable and prepared for entering the job market as a well-qualified and worthy candidate. This business school does a remarkable job providing preparatory services through its Career Services center and undergraduate advising office to prepare students in every way necessary for a competitive job market.
    
    -More business classes, less extra curriculars. Zeus and Athena aren't going to help me complete financial statements. On that note, there were some classes I did not enjoy taking at Syracuse (marketing and supply chain). It would have been nice to completely avoid those and take something more useful for my field (accounting, finance).
    
    -Great supply chain program. Great professors who not only have real-world experience, but are also great communicators and know how to teach the material on hand. Very willing to work with students outside of the class, and Whitman is ALL ABOUT getting students a job. They provide many extra curricular activities to get involved and many opportunities to enhance interview skills, resumes, and qualities to make you a better candidate.
    
    -Improved undergraduate study spaces. Often times many graduate team rooms are available but remain locked while undergraduate study space is very difficult to come by especially around midterms and finals
    
    -The facility is magnificent. The classrooms and classroom culture is what make the program unique. The ending EEE requirement class captivates every management aspect in one class in which teams are created to bring to market a product or service. Every step is used to create an efficient Business Plan and real presentations in front of potential investors is the last leg of the class. The lectures don't exceed more than 40 students usually which also provides a better learning experience. Also, not only are our classes taught by professors, some outside experts in their field come to teach which brings real life experience and knowledge to the material.
    
    -Get better recruitment opportunities for students. There are currently no investment banks or consulting firms that recruit at Syracuse's business school.
    
    -The focus on Teamwork I believe is the most unique aspect of our program when comparing it to many of my friends at other Colleges. Almost every class in Whitman we have group projects. This taught us to work with different diverse situations and people.
    
    -Many of the upper level classes are very, very rigorous which impacts students’ performance in other classes. Often take multiple upper level classes at the same time.
    
    -Lots of opportunities to meet with employers!! It would be hard not to find a job, if you are a Whitman grad at Syracuse University. Lots of team activities to help prepare you for real life situations when you work in teams. Taught useful concepts that can be used in a career.