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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of California, Riverside

Anderson Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • University of California, Riverside
      • Anderson Graduate School of Management
      • Undergraduate Business Program
      • 900 University Ave. - 2340 Olmsted Hall
      • Riverside, California
      • 92521
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://undergradbusiness.ucr.edu
      • Program e-mail address: undergradbiz@ucr.edu
      • Program phone number: 951-827-4551
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1984
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Two Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 18,523
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 1,259
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 48
      • Distance undergraduate business: 0
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 87 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within four years of admission to the university: 52 %
      • Within six years of admission to the university: 69 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BS, Business Administration

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $12,192.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $35,070.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $1,415.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $12,100.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,800.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 49 %
      • International: 2 %

    • 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: 94 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 100 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 17 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 27 %

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

      • Mean: 1067
      • Median: 1060

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

      • From: 950
      • To: 1190

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

      • Mean: 22
      • Median: 22

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 19
      • To: 24

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 89 %
      • Canada: 1 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 10 %
      • Dual Citizenship: 0%
      • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 53 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 30 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 10 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 99 %
      • Possessions and territories: 1 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT or ACT
      • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 3
      • Interviews are: Not required

    • Application deadlines:

      • Fall 2012 11/30/2011
      • Fall 2013 11/30/2012
      • Additional application requirements: Transfer students must complete all lower-division pre-requisite courses with a 2.5 GPA. California community college students must complete IGETC requirements. For more information, contact UCR Admissions at 951-827-3411 or admit@ucr.edu.
      • Total undergraduate applicants, all programs: 28,101
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 69 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 19 %
      • International applicants: 3 %
      • Female applicants: 49 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Very Important
      • Class rank: Not Considered
      • Talent/ability: 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
      • SAT/ACT scores: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • High school GPA: Very Important

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 634
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 86 %
      • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 100 %

    • Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

      • Minimum high school GPA: 3
      • 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?: No
      • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No

    • Internal transfers:

      • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
      • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.5
      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Freshmen interested in the business program are admitted to the university as pre-business students. In order to apply as an internal transfer, during their first two years, pre-business students must complete all breadth requirements, all business pre-requisite courses, and achieve a 2.50 GPA in both their cumulative GPA and business pre-requisite GPA. Students who are eligible to apply must attend a mandatory major change workshop to formally be accepted to the undergraduate business program.

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • Delta Sigma Pi
      • Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
      • Accounting Society of UCR
      • Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
      • American Marketing Association
      • 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 180

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • 1. Completion of all undergraduate university requirements; 2. Completion of all business major requirements, including a concentration in accounting, finance, general management, information systems, marketing or operations/supply chain management

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 261
      • Business electives: 64
      • Non-business electives: 283

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 1 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 12 %
      • With more than 50 students: 87 %

    • Course enrollment:

      • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 81 %
      • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 81 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 38
      • New electives: Investments: A Practicum
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 2006
      • Total business faculty: 53
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 47 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Theodore (Ted) Mock
      • Richard Smith
      • Amnon Rapoport

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Management Information Systems
      • Special programs: Business students can participate in the UC Washington Academic Internship Program (UCDC Program), which combines coursework, field research, and work experience during a one-quarter residence in Washington D.C. at University of California-owned property. High-achieving students can participate in the University Honors Program, which provides special seminars, projects, and small classes which culminates in a substantial honor thesis or project under the supervision of faculty advisors.
      • Work study: Work study opportunities are available to qualified undergraduate students based on financial need. The federal work study program at UCR is coordinated by the Financial Aid Office and the Career Center. For more information, visit: http://careers.ucr.edu/employerTools/workstudy/Pages/WorkStudy.aspx
      • Study abroad programs: Business students have access to a myriad of study abroad programs in countries across five other continents through the UCR International Education Center. The Center assists students who have the desire and eligibility to study, intern, work, and volunteer in a foreign country to go abroad. For more information, visit: http://internationalcenter.ucr.edu. Students can also participate in the business school’s Global Residency Programs. These programs take both MBA and undergraduate business students to Oxford, China, India, Brazil, and Russia for a week-long intensive seminar focusing on international business and emerging markets.
      • Volunteer opportunities: Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), and UNICEF are some of the more than 50 registered service-oriented student organizations on campus that are available to business students. For more information, visit: http://studentlife.ucr.edu

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Annual pre-business professional conference
      • Week-long residency programs to Oxford, India, and China
      • Accounting Society of UCR
      • American Marketing Association at UCR
      • Business Leaders in Information Systems
      • Financial Management Association
      • Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
      • Student Ambassador Program

  • FINANCIAL AID

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

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $7,590,586.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $9,242,759.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
      • Other criteria for scholarship consideration: Although only 15.3% of students receive full-tuition institutional scholarships/grants, most of the 52.3% of students on institutional aid also receive a Cal Grant (considered an outside scholarship for this survey), which covers full tuition.
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 52 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 15 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 94 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 6 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
      • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $18,118.00

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Employment Information

      • Percentage of most recent business graduates who supplied information regarding employment: 88 %
      • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 88 %
      • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 12 %
      • Companies recruiting business students on campus: 53
      • Companies posting job offers for business students on school job boards: 347

    • Top employers (number of students hired):

      • Target Corporation 5
      • Squar Milner 2
      • US Bank 2
      • County of Riverside 2
      • Reddy Inc. 2
      • Prudential Financial 2
      • Farmers Insurance 2
      • Hollister Co. 2
      • Southern California Edison 2
      • Boeing 1
      • Apple Inc. 1
      • Ernst & Young 1
      • ESRI 1
      • KPMG 1
      • San Francisco 49ers 1

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $40,540.00
      • Median base salary : $40,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 26 %
      • General Management: 35 %
      • Human Resources: 4 %
      • Management Information Systems: 8 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
      • Operations/Production: 1 %
      • Logistics/Transportation: 1 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Most recent graduates accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Accounting: 11 %
      • Consumer Products/Retail : 29 %
      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 15 %
      • Government/Education: 14 %
      • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 6 %
      • Manufacturing: 1 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Sports/Leisure: 3 %
      • Technology/Science: 10 %
      • Non-Profit: 1 %
      • Transportation: 0 %
      • Utilities: 5 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • US: 100 %
      • Canada: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 1 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • West: 98 %
      • Possessions and territories: 1 %
      • Career services offered: The business program and career services office have a strong partnership which provides business students with specialized professional development opportunities. These include: 1. Skill-building workshops like Resume Writing, Interviewing Techniques and Job Search; 2. Networking events such as Etiquette Dinners, Mock Interviews, and Company Tours; 3. Certificate program in the business-themed dormitory; 4. Drop-in career advising, career fairs and industry panels in business-specific fields.

  • INTERNSHIPS

      • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 15
      • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 412

    • Top internship employers (number of students hired):

      • Black Voice News 6
      • Target Corp. 5
      • Bank of America 4
      • Marcus and Millichap 4
      • Riverside County Regional Parks 4
      • Merrill Lynch 3
      • Toys R Us 3
      • County of San Bernardino Auditor/Controller 3
      • Enterprise Holdings 3
      • Ernst & Young 2
      • Goldman Sachs 2
      • Hallmark Channel 2
      • KPMG 1
      • Walt Disney Co. 1
      • Internal Revenue Service 1

    • Internship pay

      • Internships that are paid: 44 %
      • Mean compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $257.00
      • Median compensation, per week, for paid internships only: $200.00
      • Average internship length, in weeks: 12

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 9,560
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 9,137
      • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 2 %

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $42.00
      • Median Gift: $25.00
      • 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

      • Byron H. Pollitt Chief Financial Officer, VISA
      • Robert Fraley Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group
      • Steven Jones Vice President, PIMCO

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