The Best Business Schools —— John Carroll University

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PROGRAM BASICS
John M. and Mary Jo Boler School of Business

20700 North Park Boulevard
University Heights , Ohio 44118

Web site
http://www.jcu.edu/boler

Program e-mail address:
latkins@jcu.edu

Program telephone number:
(216) 397-4391

  
Private Institution

  AACSB accredited:
Yes





Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:
1934

  Institution:
Four Year

  Business program:
Two Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BS/Business Administration
BS/Economics

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PROGRAM COSTS
Annual Tuition (Resident):
$  27,940

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)
$  27,940

Cost per academic credit (resident)
$  846

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)
$  846

Required fees
$  900

Room and board:
$  8,330

Books:
$  1,200

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ENROLLMENT
Total college enrollment for 2009-10:
3,714

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
380

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
6

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:
0

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ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

Required standardized tests for entire college:


ACT
SATI




  Interviews for entire college:
Not required

Additional application requirements for entire college:
N/A

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: 08-30-2010
Deadline: 02-01-2010
Semester: 1-17-2011
Deadline: 1-5-2011

Selectivity -- applicants admitted, entire college, 2009-10:
81  %

Yield -- accepted applicants enrolled, entire college, 2009-10:
23  %

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:
3,395

International applicants, entire college, 2009-10:
1  %

Female applicants, entire college, 2009-10:
48  %

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Relative Importance of Application Elements:


  Secondary School Record:
Very Important

  Class Rank:
Considered

  Talent/Ability:
Important

  Interview:
Not Considered

  Extracurricular Activities:
Important

  Volunteer Work:
Important

  Character/Personal Abilities:
Considered

  Application Essay:
Important

  Work Experience:
Important

  SAT/ACT Scores:
Important

  Recommendations:
Considered

  High School GPA:
Very Important

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ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the B-School

Undergrad business program admissions managed by:

The business program office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2009-10:
204

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2009-10:
90  %

Admitted applicants enrolled in undergrad business program, 2009-10:
90  %

Minimum requirements for business program:
N/A

  Entrance exam requirement other than SAT/ACT for business program:
No

  Interview to enter business program:
Not required

  Freshmen admitted into business program:
No

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Are the freshman admits to the business program required to complete pre-business courses before beginning upper-level courses in the junior year?
No

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:
N/A

  Internal transfers handled by:
Separate application

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:
2.0

Additional requirements for internal transfers:
Completion of 3 specific courses with a 2.0 GPA for these 3 courses.

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CLASS PROFILE
Class Profile:

Female: 40  %
International : 1  %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 21
Median: 21

Percent of Students Who Were In:
      Top 10% of high school class:
19  %

      Top 25% of high school class:
44  %

HS GPA of 3.75 or higher:
17  %

HS GPA of 3.5 to 3.74:
15  %

SAT scores for full-time entering business students on 1600 scale:

        Mean:  1,081
        Median:  1,070

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

        From:  995
        To:  1,160

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ACT scores for full-time entering business students:

        Mean:  23
        Median:  23

ACT middle 50% range:

        From:  20
        To:  26

Citizenship of entering students

U.S.: 99  %
Canada: 0  %
Other countries: 1  %
Unknown: 0  %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 4  %
Asian American: 1  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 1  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0  %
Native American: 1  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 86  %
Chose not to report: 6  %
Other: 1  %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 18  %
Mid-Atlantic: 11  %
South: 1  %
Southwest: 1  %
Midwest : 69  %
West: 0  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

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FINANCIAL AID
  Financial aid handled by:
Central financial aid office at the university

Financial aid web site
http://www.jcu.edu/aidjcu/

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  5,406,551

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  4,061,243

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:
Academic merit

Other scholarship considerations:
N/A

Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
94  %

0  %

0  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
100  %

  Scholarship consideration process:
All candidates are considered for scholarships

  School offers guaranteed loans:
Yes