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Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 97  %
Mid-Atlantic: 2  %
South: 0  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest : 1  %
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.rowan.edu/provost/financialaid/

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  720,355

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  625,000

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

Other scholarship considerations:
N/A

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Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
11  %

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:
No

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
82  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
42  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
84  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
BS Management, BS Human Resource Management - 3 credit supervised internship is required

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
25.9

Average class size in business electives:
25.9

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
20.3

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 19  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 81  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 0  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
20  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
31






Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2000

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Marketing


Special programs for business students:
N/A

  Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
Yes

Work study opportunities description:
Work study opportunities are available in the Dean's office and each of the academic departments using Federal Work Study Funds or Institutional Work study Funds.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

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Study abroad program description:
Rowan University is a member of the New Jersey State Consortium for International Studies. http://www.njscis.org Study abroad opportunities are available to undergraduate business student through the International Center.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. Other opportunities are available through the Office of Service learning a& Volunteerism.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Accounting Society
American Marketing Association
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization
Financial Management Association
Society for the Advancement of Management
Management Information Systems Association
Society for Human Resource Management

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


The Accounting Society
The American Marketing Association
The Financial Management Association
The Management Information Systems Association
The Society for Human Resource Management

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 37
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 39
Permanent/tenured professors: 30
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 37
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 17
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 6
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 6

Prominent faculty:

Dr Guiler Meric Professor of Finance
Dr Ihsan Isik Professor of Finance
Dr Robert Fleming professor of Management