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Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 2  %
Asian American: 25  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 3  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 54  %
Chose not to report: 14  %
Other: 2  %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 15  %
Mid-Atlantic: 15  %
South: 5  %
Southwest: 5  %
Midwest : 55  %
West: 5  %
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://finaid.case.edu/

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  2,350,000

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  2,420,500

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:
50  %

0  %

0  %

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

  Scholarship consideration process:
As part of the admissions application

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
92  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
90  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
92  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 122

Other degree requirements:
The University’s common curriculum, known as SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education & Scholarship), requires each student to complete an approved Capstone experience – which can take several different forms. Most business majors satisfy the Capstone requirement by completing Action Learning, a semester-long consulting experience in which a team of students tackles a real problem for a real company or non-profit organization

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
40

Average class size in business electives:
25

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
n/a

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 15  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 80  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 5  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
5  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2008-09:
10  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
25

Electives added in current academic year:

Marketing Communications
Marketing Metrics
Entrepreneurial Marketing

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2003

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Economics

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing


Special programs for business students:
International study including semester, full academic year, and summer programs; the Wolstein Society recognizes outstanding undergraduates who represent the spirit of enterprise as demonstrated by leadership, scholarship, community service, and professional will; ACTION LEARNING, a 6-credit, semester-long consulting experience during which teams develop real solutions for corporate and non-profit clients (i.e., NOT a simulation).

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

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Work study opportunities description:
Undergraduates in the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve may participate in the University’s Co-op and Practicum programs, securing positions in industry with Fortune 500 firms, Big 4 Accounting firms as well as local and regional employers, and with other organizations as early as sophomore year.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Students may study at numerous institutions across the globe, from Western Europe to China. Exchange agreements exist with institutions in Madrid, Spain; Frankfurt, Germany; Montpelier, France; Lancaster, England, Sydney, Australia (although students are NOT limited to these destinations). Students have also recently spent a year abroad at London School of Economics. Programs include semester, full academic year, and summer sessions.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

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Volunteer opportunities description:
Business students actively engage in community service with student associations within the Weatherhead School and across the University, e.g.: tutoring and educational programming (e.g., financial literacy), mentoring, Habitat for Humanity, etc.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Alpha Kappa Psi (national professional business fraternity)
Beta Alpha Psi (national honorary - Accounting)
Case Marketing Association
Wolstein Society

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Alpha Kappa Psi (national professional business fraternity)
Beta Alpha Psi (national honorary - Accounting)
Case Marketing Association
Wolstein Society

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No