Wright State University

Soin College of Business

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  • Avg. SAT Score
    980
  • Annual Tuition
    $8,354
    $ $ $ $ $
  • Program Enrollment
    1,085
  • Program Length
    Four Year
Contact Information
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
116 Rike Hall
Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001, United States
Website

About Soin College of Business

Wright State University's Raj Soin College of Business is accredited by AACSB International since 1974. Students experience a leading-edge learning environment with faculty focused on excellence in teaching and student success. Experienced faculty, not graduate assistants teach all undergraduate classes. Ten business majors and eight minors enable students to gain unique skill sets to set themselves apart in the job market. Opportunities to enrich your learning beyond the classroom include study abroad, paid internships for academic credit, over 200+ student clubs on campus and comprehensive career services.

Quick Stats

  • Selectivity
    67%
  • Yield
    49%
  • Job Offers
    88%
  • Average Salary
    $41,535
  • Top Industry
    Consulting
  • School Status
    Public
  • Accreditation
    AACSB Accredited
  • B-School Founded
    1967

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Admissions

Admissions Selectivity
67% Wright State University 58% Average Across All Schools
Most Important Admissions Factors
  1. High school GPA
  2. SAT/ACT scores
  3. Class rank
University Admissions
  • Min. SAT 840
  • Min. ACT 18
  • Min. GPA 2.00
B-School Admissions
  • Min. SAT 840
  • Min. ACT 18
  • Min. GPA 2.00
More Information
Total Applications
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
11792% 11,792
67% 67
49% 49
67% School Selectivity
49% School Yield
Demographics of Applicants
  • Male Applicants
  • Female Applicants
  • International Applicants
  • U.S. Applicants
Application Deadlines
Aug 19
Fall 2013
Dec 16
Winter 2013-14
Apr 25
Summer 2014
Aug 22
Fall 2014
Required Tests
  • ACT or SAT
  • Are Interviews Required? Not required
Additional Requirements:

Completion of college preparatory curriculum including English (4), Mathematics (3), Social Science (3), lab Science (3), foreign language (2), visual or performing arts (1). Out of state students are required to have a minimum high school GPA of 2.5 and a minimum ACT score of 20 or SAT score of 960. International students must submit a complete official academic record from each secondary school, college or university previously attended. Minimum score of 61 on TOEFL.
Total Applications to Program
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
1422% 1,422
61% 61
55% 55
61% Program Selectivity
55% Program Yield
Program Requirements
  • Admissions managed by Business Program
  • Are interviews required? Not required
Required Tests

Transfer Requirements
  • How internal transfers are handled Separate application
  • Min college GPA for transfers 2.5
  • Other transfer requirements There is a two stage admission process. For the first stage students must have completed 30 semester hours with a minimum GPA of 2.50. Before students can take upper-level courses they must have comlpleted the second stage set of courses consisting of English, Calculus, Accounting Principles, Statistics, Principles of Economics, Finance, and Marketing.
Freshman Requirements
  • Freshman admissions Yes
  • Percent of admitted applicants who are freshmen 57
  • Min GPA required in pre-business courses Yes
  • How freshmen are admitted Indicate interest on university application
Other Requirements for freshman

To be admitted directly to the business school students must have a minimum high school GPA of 3.0 and a minimum ACT score of 24.

Careers

Consulting 13%
Top Industry
  • Financial Services 13%
  • Petroleum/Energy 10%
  • Non-profit 7%
Win Wholesale 2
Top Employer
  • Wright Patterson Air Force Base 2
  • Speedway, LLC 2
  • Reynolds and Reynolds 2
Job offers within 3 months after graduation
88% Soin College of Business 75% Average Across All Schools
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Job Offers Received and Accepted
  • This School
  • All Schools
By Graduation
68% 67.7
59% 59.267238095238085
68% Receive Offers
0%
56% 55.65923664122137
After graduation, but within 3 months
20% 20
16% 16.189999999999998
20% Receive Offers
0%
17% 17.25698275862069
More than 3 Months after graduation
10% 10
10% 10.193835616438358
10% Receive Offers
0%
13% 12.771399999999998
55% Graduates seeking full-time employment
45% Graduates not seeking employment
42% Percentage of graduates for whom employment information is available
Salaries and Percentages of Job Accepting Graduates
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Consulting
3% 3
$43,000.00
36K 50K
Finance/Accounting
38% 38
$43,425.00
34K 50K
General Management
0% 0
Data not provided
Human Resources
14% 14
$36,125.00
28K 42K
Management Information Systems
3% 3
Data not provided
Marketing/Sales
17% 17
$33,100.00
4K 55K
Operations/Production
7% 7
$43,750.00
43K 45K
Other
17% 17
$31,600.00 Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Accounting
10% 10
$49,333.00
48K 50K
Consumer Products/Retail
3% 3
$39,666.00
34K 45K
Consulting
13% 13
$36,000.00 Data not provided
Financial Services
13% 13
$49,000.00
42K 55K
Government/Education
10% 10
$35,466.00
27K 40K
Pharma/Biotech/Health
7% 7
$31,000.00 Data not provided
Manufacturing
3% 3
$35,000.00 Data not provided
Media/Entertainment
0% 0
Data not provided
Non-Profit
7% 7
$36,500.00
31K 42K
Petroleum/Energy
10% 10
$40,750.00
40K 42K
Real Estate
3% 3
$27,000.00 Data not provided
Sports/Leisure
0% 0
Data not provided
Technology/Science
10% 10
$29,500.00
28K 31K
Transportation
3% 3
$42,500.00
43K 46K
Utilities
0% 0
Data not provided
Other
7% 7
$41,000.00
40K 42K
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
U.S. Midwest
100% 100
$41,535.00
28K 55K
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Average Signing Bonus for Most Recent Graduates
Other Income for Most Recent Graduates
Internship Employers / Interns Hired
  • Wright Patterson AFB 19
  • Speedway 4
  • Disney College Program 3
  • Emerson Climate Technologies 2
  • Clark, Shaefer, Hackett 2
Internship Services
  • Companies that recruit interns on campus
  • Companies that posted internships on school message board
  • Average intern length in weeks 10
  • Percentage of internships that are paid 98
Career Services
  • Number of companies that recruited students on campus 120
  • Number of companies that posted full-time jobs on school message boards 780
Other activities and career services provided to undergraduate business students:
Career Services offer individual career coaching including resume and cover letter development, mock interviews with videotaped feedback, business etiquette lunches, skill and interest assessments, networking and job interview skill building and career search strategies by profession, sector and geographic region.

Cost

Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$18,319
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $8,354
  • Expenses $9,965
Non-Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$26,147
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $16,182
  • Expenses $9,965
36% Percent of Institutional Grants or Scholarships 2% Percent of Full-tuition Institutional Grants or Scholarships
Basis for Grants or Scholarships
  • Need 19%
  • Merit 55%
More Information
Financial Aid
  • Financial Aid Management No
  • Website http://www.wright.edu/raider-connect/loans-scholarships-and-grants
Scholarships
$1,966,781
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students last year
$2,007,398
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students this year
Loans
  • Loan Guarantee Policy No
  • Max Loan Guarantee Per Year

Academics

Average Class Size
  • Soin College of Business
  • All Schools
Core Business Classes
38% 35
50% 46
Elective Business Classes
52% 30
50% 29
Required Classes with a Waiting List
57 Soin College of Business 12 Average Across All Schools
* On the First Day of Enrollment
Top Areas of Study
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management
More Information
Business Program Classes
25% Less than 20 Students 13% More than 50 Students
62% 21 to 50 students
30 Average number of students in non-business required electives
64 Different Elective Courses
New Electives
  • Business Intelligence, Management & Acquisition
  • Advanced Retailing
  • Performance Management
  • Training and Development
  • IS Strategy
  • Program length Four Year
  • Last change to curriculum 2012
Degrees Offered / Credits Required
  • B.S. in Business 120
  • B.A. in Economics 124
Faculty
  • All Faculty
  • Tenured
114% 114
54% 54
Prominent Faculty
  • Riad Ajami

    International Business

  • John Blair

    Economics

  • Charles Gulas

    Marketing
  • Are work study or co-ops available? Yes
  • Description of work study / co-ops:

    Work study and co-op opportunities are available in all ten undergraduate majors.

  • Is study abroad available? Yes
  • Description of study abroad programs:

    "What Study Abroad opportunities are available?" Study abroad opportunities are available in over 35 countries. Students can chose short term (2 week) Ambassador study programs led by Wright State faculty, direct exchange programs for a semester with partner universities in Europe, South America and Asia and/or a variety of programs with 6 study abroad consortia partners.
  • Is community service or volunteering available? Yes
  • Description of community service/volunteering:

    Extensive service learning opportunities. Top 10 universities in the U.S. for community service http://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2011/09/06/wright-state-ranked-in-community-service-top-ten/ Examples of business student volunteer programs: Leader to Leader Development, Dayton Boys & Girls Club, WSU student food pantry, Peer financial counseling Wright Financial Path, mentoring for the Dayton Early College Academy, a high school program for at risk high school youth, March of Dimes.

Students

12% Students in Top 10% of High School Class 17% Students with High School GPA over 3.75
960 75th Percentile Score on SAT 22 75th Percentile Score on ACT
Student Body Breakdown
  • International Students
  • U.S. Students
  • Male Students
  • Female Students
Ethnicity of Students
White
73% 73
African American
20% 20
Multiethnic
4% 4
* Percentages are for U.S. citizens in most recent entering class; only top three responses shown.
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U.S. Regional Breakdown
0%
99%
0%
0%
0%
1%
Student Citizenship
U.S.
100% 100
Dual Citizenship
0% 0
Canada
0% 0
Other Non-U.S. Citizenship
0% 0
18 Average age of full-time students
56% Freshman retention rate
Graduation Rate
  • 4 Years
  • 6 Years
20% 20
39% 39

Alumni

Alumni Donors
Total Living Alumni 15,286
Alumni Donations
$434 Average Gift $31,300 Largest Gift
Most Prominent Alumni
  • Ray L. Umstead

    General Counsel, Wellpoint

  • Brian G. Cooper

    Sr. Vice President Finance & Business Operations, Cox Media, Inc.

  • Gregory G. Lockhart

    Of Counsel, Taft, Stettinius, Hollister; former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio