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PROGRAM BASICS
Smeal College of Business

Penn State University
210 Business Building
University Park , Pennsylvania 16802

Web site
http://www.smeal.psu.edu/

Program e-mail address:
uprog@smeal.psu.edu

Program telephone number:
(814) 863-1947

  
Public Institution

  AACSB accredited:
Yes





Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:
1953

  Institution:
Four Year

  Business program:
Four Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BS Accounting
BS Actuarial Science
BS Finance
BS Management
BS Management Information Systems
BS Marketing
BS Supply Chain & Information Systems

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PROGRAM COSTS
Annual Tuition (Resident):
$  15,580

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)
$  27,434

Cost per academic credit (resident)
$  649

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)
$  1,143

Required fees
$  812

Room and board:
$  8,500

Books:
$  2,000

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ENROLLMENT
Total college enrollment for 2009-10:
38,630

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
5,773

Part-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
0

Distance undergraduate business student enrollment:
0

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ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

Required standardized tests for entire college:


SAT
ACT




  Interviews for entire college:
Not required

Additional application requirements for entire college:
TOEFL required for international non-English speaking students. Official post-secondary transcript for students who have already completed some college level work.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: Summer 2010
Deadline: 11-30-2009
Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: 11-30-2009
Semester: Spring 2011
Deadline: 11-30-2009
Semester: Summer 2011
Deadline: 11-30-2011

Selectivity -- applicants admitted, entire college, 2009-10:
51  %

Yield -- accepted applicants enrolled, entire college, 2009-10:
34  %

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:
42,666

International applicants, entire college, 2009-10:
9  %

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

Relative Importance of Application Elements:


  Secondary School Record:
Very Important

  Class Rank:
Important

  Talent/Ability:
Considered

  Interview:
Not Considered

  Extracurricular Activities:
Considered

  Volunteer Work:
Not Considered

  Character/Personal Abilities:
Considered

  Application Essay:
Considered

  Work Experience:
Not Considered

  SAT/ACT Scores:
Very 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 university admissions office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2009-10:
7,882

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2009-10:
45  %

Admitted applicants enrolled in undergrad business program, 2009-10:
51  %

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:
Yes

Percentage of business students admitted as freshmen:
40  %

  Are the freshman admits to the business program required to complete pre-business courses before beginning upper-level courses in the junior year?
Yes

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Freshmen admitted by:
Indicate interest on university application

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:
Three Carnegie units of Mathematics up to Trigonometry. Two Carnegie units of the same foreign language. Four Carnegie units of English

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:
3.0

Additional requirements for internal transfers:
Maintain competitive Grade Point Average of 3.00 for all majors except Finance which requires a 3.50 GPA.

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CLASS PROFILE
Class Profile:

Female: 38  %
International : 15  %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 18
Median: 18

Percent of Students Who Were In:
      Top 10% of high school class:
52  %

      Top 25% of high school class:
89  %

HS GPA of 3.75 or higher:
65  %

HS GPA of 3.5 to 3.74:
25  %

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

        Mean:  1,228
        Median:  1,240

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

        From:  1,160
        To:  1,310

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ACT scores for full-time entering business students:

        Mean:  27
        Median:  27

ACT middle 50% range:

        From:  25
        To:  29

Citizenship of entering students

U.S.: 85  %
Canada: 0  %
Other countries: 15  %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 3  %
Asian American: 4  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 6  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 2  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 67  %
Chose not to report: 3  %
Other: 15  %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 32  %
Mid-Atlantic: 63  %
South: 2  %
Southwest: 1  %
Midwest : 1  %
West: 1  %

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

Financial aid web site
http://www.psu.edu/studentaid/

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  8,217,925

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  8,628,821

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:
A combination of need and merit

Other scholarship considerations:
All students are consider for scholarships. In addition, students can file for college and department specific scholarships through a college application process.

Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
24  %