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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

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.

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Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

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

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
9,002

Total living alumni:
8,859

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
6  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  175

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  50

  Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2008-09?
No


Prominent alumni:

Name: Mr. Brian P. O'Malley
Title: Domino's Foods Incorporated, President & Chief Executive Officer
Name: Mr. Matt Forstenhausler
Title: Ernst & Young LLP, Partner
Name: Mr. Fred Graziano
Title: TD Bank N.A., President of Regional Banking

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
56  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 95  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 5  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
141

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
274

Career services provided for business majors:
•Rohrer College of Business Career Development Module •Career Counseling •Staffed Resource Library •Resume Development •Mock Interviews •Self-assessment •Workshops •On-campus interviews •Career Fairs •Internship Fair •Federal Government Career Fair •On-campus presentations •Experience eRecruiting online career management •Career Exploration event for undergraduates with professional alumni