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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
23,737

Total living alumni:
19,468

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
28  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  2,167

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  200

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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Hugh McColl
Title: retired chairman & CEO, Bank of America
Name: Gary Parr
Title: deputy chairman, Lazard Freres and Co.
Name: Brent Callinicos
Title: vice president and treasurer, Google, Inc.

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COMMENTS
Re applying for aid: There is a unique scholarship application AND all candidates are considered for scholarships

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 52
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 9
Permanent/tenured professors: 15
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 6
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 1
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 14
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 9

Prominent faculty:

Valarie Zeithaml
Douglas A Shackelford
Anil Shivdasani

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Delta Sigma Pi
Marketing Club
Alpha Kappa Psi
Consulting Club
Net Impact Undergraduate Club

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
No

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

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Work study opportunities description:
N/A

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
UNC Kenan-Flagler students participate in a variety of global programs: short-term immersion programs; traditional semester exchanges; and the three-semester GLOBE program. Every year, UNC Kenan-Flagler plays host to more than 80 semester exchange students through direct partnerships with leading international business. These relationships are directly managed by UNC Kenan-Flagler. Students can also take advantage of our focus on developing international internship placements.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
"The House that Kenan-Flagler Built" Habitat for Humanity project. Build teams include undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff working together. Most undergraduate clubs also have a required service component for members.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Accounting Club; Alpha Kappa Psi; BSBA Student Government;
Campus Smart Initiative Carolina Entrepreneurship Club;
Carolina Women in Business; Consulting Club;
Delta Sigma Pi; International Business Club;
Investment Society; Marketing Club; Minority Business Student Alliance;
Net Impact Undergraduate Club; Out for Business;
Real Estate Club; external case competition teams

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
53

Electives added in current academic year:

Global Financial Statement Analysis
Strategic Economics
Real Estate Capital Markets
Real Estate Development

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2009

Leading areas of study:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

International Business

Marketing

Leadership

Special programs for business students:
GLOBE, a 3-semester international exchange partnership between UNC, Copenhagen Business School, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Carolina Challenge, entrepreneurial business plan competition; Undergraduate Business Symposium, student-run career exploration and professional networking event; STAR, student consulting projects; undergraduate case competitions; BSBA Leadership Initiative: leadership simulations, talent and strength assessments, applied learning opportunities.

  Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
No

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
40

Average class size in business electives:
24


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 28  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 68  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 5  %

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
96  %



PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
Required coursework that includes a global requirement satisfied by a 3 credit hour global business course at UNC, or a for-credit study abroad experience, or a second major/minor in a foreign language or International Studies; a minimum of 15 credit hours of liberal arts courses to reach the 120 credit hour requirement for graduation.

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

Financial aid web site
http://studentaid.unc.edu/

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  1,725,873

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  1,834,000

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

Other scholarship considerations:
N/A

Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
44  %

Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2009-10:
12  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2009-10 year:
44  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
56  %

  Scholarship consideration process:
All candidates are considered for scholarships

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No

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Citizenship of entering students

U.S.: 91  %
Canada: 1  %
Other countries: 8  %
Unknown: 0  %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 4  %
Asian American: 13  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 6  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 73  %
Chose not to report: 0  %
Other: 4  %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 9  %
Mid-Atlantic: 7  %
South: 78  %
Southwest: 3  %
Midwest : 2  %
West: 1  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %