Program Basics

• • Naveen Jindal School of Management
  • Naveen Jindal School of Management
  • University of Texas at Dallas
  • 800 W. Campbell Rd.
  • Richardson, Texas
  • 75080
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://jindal.utdallas.edu/
  • Program e-mail address: undergradbusiness@utdallas.edu
  • Program phone number: 972-883-2750
  • Status: Public (state-operated)
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1975
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Total undergraduate: 11,409
  • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,071
  • Part-time undergraduate business: 748
  • Distance undergraduate business: 0
• • College or university freshman retention rate: 83 %

• Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

  • Within four years of admission to the university: 49 %
  • Within six years of admission to the university: 55 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • BS/Accounting
  • BS/Business Administration
  • BS/Finance
  • BS/Global Business
  • BS/Marketing
  • BS/Management Information Systems

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $10,276.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $24,166.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $8,364.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,200.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class that are:

  • Female: 44 %
  • International: 14 %

• 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: 36 %
  • Top 25% of high school class: 66 %
  • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 46 %
  • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 26 %

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

  • Mean: 1234
  • Median: 1250

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

  • From: 1170
  • To: 1340

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

  • Mean: 27
  • Median: 27

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

  • From: 24
  • To: 29

• Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

  • US: 85 %
  • Canada: 1 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 14 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 36 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 20 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 7 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 32 %
  • Chose not to report: 0 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
  • South: 1 %
  • Southwest: 96 %
  • Midwest: 2 %
  • West: 1 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Standardized tests required of all applicants:

  • SAT or ACT
• • Interviews are: Not required

• Application deadlines:

  • Fall 2012 7/1/2012
  • Spring 2013 11/1/2012
  • Summer 2013 4/1/2013
  • Fall 2013 7/1/2013
• • Additional application requirements: TOEFL is required for international students. Minimum score: Paper 550; Internet 80; Computer 213.
• • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 10,758
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 59 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 57 %
• • International applicants: 6 %
• • Female applicants: 44 %

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Very Important
  • Talent/ability: Very Important
  • Interview: Not Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Important
  • Volunteer work: Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Considered
  • Application essay: Important
  • Work experience: Considered
  • SAT/ACT scores: Very Important
  • Recommendations: 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: 2,075
  • Percentage of applicants admitted: 59 %
  • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 61 %
• • 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: 38 %
  • 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

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Financial Leadership Association
  • Dean's Council
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Entrepreneurship Club
  • Institute for Internal Auditors
• • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: No
  • 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 120

• Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

  • 50% of business courses must be taken at UT Dallas. Students must have completed 51 hours of upper level courses to graduate

ACADEMICS

• Average class size:

  • Required business classes: 50
  • Business electives: 44

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 15 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 43 %
  • With more than 50 students: 42 %

• Course enrollment:

  • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 0 %
  • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 0 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Available business electives: 89
  • New electives: International Negotiation
• • Last curriculum overhaul: 2007
  • Total business faculty: 150
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 62 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Gregory Dess
  • Suresh Sethi
  • Brian Ratchford

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • General Management
    • International Business
• • Special programs: Davidson Management Honors Program involves students in specialized coursework, small classes, community service, study trips and professional development.
• • Study abroad programs: The Naveen Jindal School of Management has exchanges agreements with business schools around the world. A semester of study abroad is required of students in the Global Business program.
• • Volunteer opportunities: SIFE and the Office of Student Volunteerism are open to students. The Davidson Management Honors Program requires community service of its students.

• Extra-curricular activities:

  • Financial Leadership Association
  • SIFE
  • American Marketing Association
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Entrepreneurship Club
  • AITP
  • SAP Users Group
  • Institute for Supply Chain Management

FINANCIAL AID

• • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Financial aid web site: http://www.utdallas.edu/student/finaid

• Scholarships

  • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $3,630,997.00
  • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $4,831,547.00
  • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
  • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 39 %
  • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 5 %

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 42 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 87 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 13 %

• Received first job offer:

  • By graduation: 49 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 24 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation : 11 %
  • No job offer reported: 15 %

• Accepted first job offer:

  • By graduation : 49 %
  • After graduation, but within 3 months: 24 %
  • More than 3 months after graduation: 11 %
  • No job acceptance reported: 15 %
• • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 305
  • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 1,338

• Top employers (number of students hired):

  • Chase bank 4
  • Ericsson 4
  • Capital One 3
  • JP Morgan Chase 3
  • Wells Fargo 3
  • Alcatel-Lucent 2
  • Bank of America 2
  • Credit Union of Texas 2
  • Deloitte 2
  • Ernst & Young 2
  • Fusion Solutions 2
  • Hewlett Packard 2
  • Huawei Tecnologies 2
  • Raytheon 2
  • UT Dallas 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $44,760.00
  • Median base salary : $42,600.00

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

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 24 %
  • General Management: 11 %
  • Human Resources: 6 %
  • Management Information Systems: 11 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
  • Operations/Production: 6 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 2 %
  • Other: 13 %

• Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 12 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 14 %
  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 14 %
  • Government/Education: 9 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 3 %
  • Manufacturing: 2 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 5 %
  • Technology/Science: 16 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Transportation: 4 %
  • Utilities: 1 %
  • Other: 1 %

• 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:

  • Northeast: 1 %
  • South: 1 %
  • Southwest: 98 %
• • Career services offered: Pre-employment preparation: mock interviews; resume writing; interviewing; networking; career expos; career counseling; internships.

INTERNSHIPS

• • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 282
  • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 934

• Top internship employers (number of students hired):

  • Ericsson 7
  • Grant Thornton 5
  • Alcatel Lucent 4
  • DFW International 4
  • KPMG 3
  • Price Waterhouse Coopers 3
  • Copper Mobile 2
  • Ernst & Young 2
  • FC Dallas 2
  • Fidelity Investments 2
  • HP Enterprises 2
  • JP Morgan Chase 2
  • Lennox International 2
  • McGladrey 2
  • Realtime FX 2

• Internship pay

  • Internships that are paid: 52 %
  • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $316.00
  • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $300.00
  • Average internship length, in weeks: 14

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 15,155
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 14,958
  • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 2 %

• Alumni gifts

  • Mean Gift: $99.00
  • Median Gift: $50.00
  • 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

  • Dean McSherry President/CEO Preferred Restaurant Services
  • Bonnie Shea CEO Urban Oil & Gas Group LLC
  • Joe Davis Exec VP/Gerneral Counsel Crosstex

• • -Even though it is a public university, it has the feel of a private one. Within a couple of classes, all of my teachers knew me by name and sometimes even knew a few things about me. In later semesters, they would recognize me and we would have friendly chats where they would ask me how I was progressing and if I needed any advisement.
    
    -I believe that more guidance when it comes to advising is necessary. Sometimes uniformity in information of degree plans was lacking.
    
    -I think that the size of the school is a big advantage. Although it is still somewhat unknown, the school has been growing in size every year as it garners more attention in status and rankings. I think of its initial obscurity it was a great place for students to seek friendships with the faculty and because of this there is more attention given to students and more nurturing from professors.
    
    -I would like to see the Senior Capstone course (Strategic Management BA 4305) be more standardized across the sections. Some Professors focus on the Cap Sim program others on writing business cases. I heavy blend of the two was the model used at my last college and I believe the experience leads to better managers and leaders.
    
    -Focusing on quantitative methodologies sets UTD apart from other business schools in this area. Secondly, the research and business cases from the graduate level are studied in the undergraduate courses giving a local and real world advantage I have not seen at my other colleges. Lastly, the undergraduate course offerings in my concentration (Operations Management) are amazing. I have had 3 courses giving my experience with SAP ECC, also coursework in Lean Six Sigma and Project Management will give me a competitive advantage during my entry and mid career.
    
    -The business program should work even closer with local industries, and it should have more efficient marketing to their future growth in the local community.
    
    -The faculty here at UTD have a commitment to their students' success and professional growth. The content they teach in their classes and experience they share with students provides valuable insight into the industry.
    
    -I wish the classes were more interactive. Some professors have it right by getting the class involved in discussions but some classes use the old point at slides methods.
    
    -Our business program is very diverse. Teachers come from all over the world and have real world experience in their fields. Our students are also diverse and any given classroom session has student representatives of at least 10 different countries. This helps break cultural barriers and facilitate cross-cultural understanding when we break into teams in group work.
    
    -I would like to see more variety in extracurricular activities.
    
    -Because I already work in a professional environment, what I have learned has enhanced my chances of promotion into a middle management role within my firm. UTD are very thorough in the curriculum. I am ready to be a manager. I plan to attend UTD for my MS Accounting next year.
    
    -I think the amount of assigned homework should be increased. Some of my classes had little or no graded homework.
    
    -Professors are able to work with students on an individual basis and get to know them. The school emphasizes teamwork a lot. Many classes assign group projects. The business school is the biggest school on campus and so it has lots of amenities to make studying and lounging around more appealing.
    
    -Lectures need to be geared towards preparing students to become more entrepreneurial and 'out of the box thinkers'. Some lessons and lectures are outdated in a global business arena.