Baylor University

Program Basics

• • Hankamer School of Business
  • Hankamer School of Business
  • Baylor University
  • One Bear Place #98000
  • Waco, 76798, Texas
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.baylor.edu/business
  • Program e-mail address: hsbundergraduateprograms@baylor.edu
  • Program phone number: 2547101611
  • Status: Private
• • AACSB accredited: Yes
• • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1923
• • Institution: Four Year
• • Business Program: Four Year

SCHOOL BASICS

• Enrollment:

  • Institution's total undergraduate enrollment: 12,438
  • Undergraduate business program's full-time enrollment: 2,613
  • Undergraduate business program's part-time enrollment: 41
• • Freshman retention rate for your college or university?: 84 %

• Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

  • Degree Offered (e.g. BA, BS)/Program Name: BBA

PROGRAM COSTS

• • Annual Tuition (Resident): $26,966.00
• • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $26,966.00
• • Annual Required Fees: $2,758.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $1,124.00
• • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $1,124.00
• • Annual Room and Board: $8,555.00
• • Annual Cost of Books: $1,398.00

CLASS PROFILE

• Students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

  • Female: 40 %
  • International: 3 %

• Mean and Median age of full-time business students in the 2010-11 entering class:

  • Mean: 18
  • Median: 18

• SAT scores for the 2010-11 entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

  • Mean: 1205
  • Median: 1210

• Middle 50% range of SAT scores:

  • From: 1120
  • To: 1280

• Mean and Median ACT scores for the 2010-11 full-time undergraduate business students:

  • Mean: 26
  • Median: 26

• Middle 50% range of ACT scores for the 2010-11 full-time undergraduate business students:

  • From: 24
  • To: 29

• Citizenship breakdown of 2010-11 entering class:

  • US: 97 %
  • Canada: 0 %
  • Other Non-US Citizens: 3 %
  • Dual Citizenship: 0%
  • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

• US Citizens in 2010-11 entering class:

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 6 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 12 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 4 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 72 %
  • Chose not to report: 1 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Regional breakdown of US Citizens in 2010-11 entering class:

  • Northeast: 1 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
  • South: 4 %
  • Southwest: 84 %
  • Midwest: 7 %
  • West: 3 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• Which standardized tests are required of all applicants?:

  • SAT or ACT
• • Are interviews required?: Not required

• Application deadlines for the 2011-2012 academic year

  • 02-01-2011
• • Total number of full-time undergraduate applications (admitted and denied) to all programs: 34,145
• • Percentage of applicants admitted: 48 %
• • Percentage of admitted applicants who enrolled: 20 %
• • Percentage of applicants (admitted and denied) to the entire college for the 2010-11 academic year who were international: 6 %
• • Percentage of college applicants (admitted and denied) for the 2010-11 academic year who were female: 40

• Relative Importance of Application Elements

  • Secondary school record: Very Important
  • Class rank: Very Important
  • Talent/ability: Considered
  • Interview: Considered
  • Extracurricular activities: Considered
  • Volunteer work: Considered
  • Character/personal abilities: Considered
  • Application essay: Considered
  • work experience: Not Considered
  • SAT/ACT scores: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Considered
  • High school GPA: Important

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

• • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
• • 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
  • What percentage of 2010-11 admissions to the business program were freshmen? 6 %
  • Are business students admitted to the program as freshmen required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs? Yes
  • Process for freshmen admission?: Complete an application, apart from the university application
  • Additional application requirements for freshman admits: Admission to Baylor Business Fellows is competitive and subsequent to admission to the University. Admission is based on SAT scores, class rank, genuine intellectual curiosity, and a desire to excel in business studies. The applicants must apply in writing to the Director of the program.

• Internal transfers:

  • Method for handling internal transfers: Declare business major
  • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.5
  • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: All business school admission decisions are made at the point where students reach 60 credit hours. At that time, an applicant must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5, a "C" or better in all lower business core classes, and credit for two freshman English writing classes and calculus.

CAMPUS LIFE

• Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

  • Baylor Business Women
  • Financial Management Association
  • S3 (Sports Sponsorship and Sales)
  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • BU Investments Society
• • 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:

  • BBA 124

ACADEMICS

• • Average class size in required business classes, excluding those offered in electronic format: 35
  • Average class size in BUSINESS ELECTIVES, excluding those offered in electronic format: 20

• Percentage of business classes:

  • With 20 or fewer students: 36 %
  • With 21 to 50 students: 63 %
  • With more than 50 students: 1 %

CURRICULUM

• Electives:

  • Number of elective courses (not different sessions of same course) available in the business program in the current academic year: 167
  • Names of new electives that have been added to the business program in the current academic year: Introduction to Enterprise Systems using SAP
• • In what year was the last major change or significant overhaul to the business program's core curriculum?: 1998
  • Total number of faculty currently teaching in the undergraduate business program: 154
  • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 57 %

• Most prominent faculty:

  • Dorothy E. Leidner, Ph.D. (Management Information Systems)
  • William R. Reichenstein, Ph. D. (Finance)
  • J. William Petty, Ph.D. (Entrepreneurship)

• Business program's leading areas of study:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Entrepreneurship

• New electives added in current academic year:

  • Introduction to Enterprise Systems using SAP
  • Business Intelligence
  • Foundation of Data Warehousing

• Special Programs:

  • Special programs available to business students: Baylor Business Fellows; Sports Sponsorship and Sales; Southwest Securities Market Center: Practicum in Portfolio Management; Music and Entertainment Marketing; Distribution Management and Technology; Business, Excellence, Scholarship, and Team Program; Entrepreneurship Living-Learning Center; Business Spanish (BBA); Business French (BBA); Business German (BBA); Business Russian (BBA)

• Work study:

  • Does the business program offer work study or co-op opportunities?: No

• Study abroad:

  • Does the business program offer opportunities to study abroad?: Yes
  • Study abroad programs: Baylor University offers many study abroad opportunities throughout its undergraduate curriculum. The Baylor Business School offers several study abroad options taught by Baylor business faculty. These include Baylor in Great Britain (summer), the European Business Seminar (summer), Social Entrepreneurship in Africa, Baylor in Maastricht, and the Immersion into International Interdisciplinary Innovation Program (Shanghai). In non-Baylor faculty programs, students can study abroad at a large number of partner universities.

• Volunteer opportunities:

  • Are opportunities for volunteer work and community service available to business students?: Yes
  • Available opportunities for volunteer work and community service: Baylor University specializes in service learning throughout its undergraduate curriculum.

• Extracurricular activities:

  • Business-related clubs and extra-curricular activities are available to undergraduate students: Baylor Business Women
  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • Financial Management Association
  • S3 (Sports Sponsorship and Sales)
  • Association of Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Students
  • BU Investments Society
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals
  • American Marketing Association

FINANCIAL AID

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

• Scholarships

  • On what basis are scholarships awarded to students in your business program?: a combination of need and merit

• Loans

  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No

CAREER SERVICES

• Employment Information

  • Percentage of 2010 graduates from the business program for whom you have information regarding employment: 92 %
  • Percentage seeking full-time professional employment in business: 81 %
  • Percentage not seeking full-time professional employment in business: 19 %
• • Number of companies that recruited undergraduate business students on campus: 172
  • Number of companies that posted full-time job offers for undergraduate business students on school job boards: 746
  • Other activities and services: Resume critique, on-campus interview program, on-line resources, mock interviews, job fairs, professional development workshops, one-on-one career coaching, corporate speakers, employer presentations, mentor network, employer directory, internships, college-career transition and first job seminars, career assessment tools.

• Job Offers

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 50 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer : 50 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation : 44 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer : 56 %

• Firms that hired the most 2010 undergrad business majors for full time jobs

  • KPMG 9
  • JP Morgan 7
  • Hewlett-Packard 7
  • Ernst & Young 7
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers 6
  • UHY, LLP 5
  • Goldman Sachs 3
  • ConocoPhillips 3
  • Argo Data Resource 3
  • AXA Financial Advisors 3
  • Deloitte 3
  • British Petroleum 3
  • Chick-Fil-A 3
  • Patillo, Brown and Hill 3
  • Neiman Marcus 2

• Compensation

  • Mean base salary: $43,151.00
  • Median base salary : $45,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $4,118.00
  • Median signing bonus: $3,000.00

• Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 2 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 42 %
  • General Management: 9 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Management Information Systems: 12 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 19 %
  • Operations/Production: 1 %
  • Logistics/Transportation: 2 %
  • Other: 10 %

• Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Accounting: 22 %
  • Consumer Products/Retail : 9 %
  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 20 %
  • Government/Education: 2 %
  • Pharma/Biotech/Health: 1 %
  • Manufacturing: 1 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Sports/Leisure: 6 %
  • Technology/Science: 14 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Transportation: 1 %
  • Utilities: 0 %
  • Other: 6 %

• Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in North America:

  • US: 100 %
  • Canada: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
  • Midwest: 0 %
  • South: 4 %
  • Southwest: 93 %
  • West: 3 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 29,924
  • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 27714

• Alumni gifts

  • Did undergraduate business program receive any individual gift in excess of $10 million from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010?: No

• Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

  • Gary Keller Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Keller Williams Realty
  • Bob Simpson Chairman and Founder, XTO Energy Inc.
  • Drayton McLane, Jr. Owner, Houston Astros

• • -The school’s smaller program provides the opportunity for smaller classes and relationships with the professors. The professors honestly care about their students' performance. The Christian environment allows us to talk openly about ethics and discuss what being a businessperson and a Christian really means.
    
    -I feel like the caliber of firms recruiting on campus does not quite match the otherwise high quality of the business school. I would like to see better firms represented.
    
    -I like the personal approach and availability of the professors. It is no uncommon for a professor to invite the class to his or her home for diner, to watch the game, etc.
    
    -Baylor needs a new building. The school is outdated. I also think they need wings or floors separating the majors. This way there could be an accounting library and computer lab in one wing with the software and resources needed and then an MIS wing with the lab equipment and software needed so that students were not having to wait for a common space computer when they are full.
    
    -I think the literature Baylor makes available to look for jobs are good but I think if Baylor had strong connections with companies to place students in internships the program would be stronger. I think a required internship credit for many of the majors would be extremely helpful in preparing us for a career
    
    -The focus on ethics is incredible and an essential part of the Baylor educational experience. The business school's focus in this area is one of many exceptional aspects of the Hankamer School of Business.
    
    -There are so many required core classes that are extremely easy, repetitive, and a waste of time. I’d like to see the school cut down those requirements.
    
    -The school has fantastic professors, small classes, challenging courses, a high level of -competition from classmates, and great opportunities to become involved on campus.
    
    -The only recommendation I have in making the business school stronger is to offer more specialized programs. It currently removed its Operations Management program, and has few specialized marketing degrees.
    
    -Baylor is the only school to have a full marketing degree focused on the entertainment industry. The teachers are always willing to help and meet with students. The teachers are also very interested in your success after you graduate. If it wasn't for some of my teachers, I would never have been able to get my internships and make contact with other people in the workforce.
    
    -The advising office in the business school is terrible. I have had different advisors almost each year at Baylor, and it is impossible to ask a question of an advisor without an appointment. Their communication paradigm is awful.
    
    -I believe the accounting department is very strong in all areas. I wish that could be mimicked by the other departments. We have a staff member who is solely dedicated to setting up internships and finding jobs for us. We even have our own accounting career fair and recruitment. I think all of the other majors should try to do the same to help out students the best that they can.
    
    -I’d like to see more help with job placements for majors other than accounting and finance.
    
    -One aspect that hurts our business program is the starting salaries after graduation. The cost of living is different in Texas where most graduates get a job. Therefore, the salary is not as high as say a graduate from New York University starting a job in New York.