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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
88  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 76  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 24  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
117

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
331

Career services provided for business majors:
Undergraduate career course; individual career advising; resume review; mock interviews; organized visits to New York; Talent Summits in New York, Silicon Valley and Chicago; Accounting, Finance, Consulting and Marketing Symposia

Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 80  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 14  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 4  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 79  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 15  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 4  %

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Total living alumni:
7,444

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
21  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  6,197

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  100


Prominent alumni:

Name: Sam Fox, BSBA 1951
Title: Former US Ambassador to Belgium; Chairman, Harbour Group Ltd
Name: Jerald L. Kent, BSBA 1978, MBA 1979
Title: President and CEO, Cequel III, LLC
Name: Arnold B. Zetcher, BSBA 1962
Title: Former Chairman and CEO, Talbots, Inc.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Alpha Kappa Psi
Delta Sigma Pi
Female Association of Business
Olin Peer Ambassadors
Olin Sports Management Association

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  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:
International Internship Programs; Semester Study and Exchange Programs; Short-duration Immersion Programs

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Sophomore-level elective course offered in partnership with the Gephardt Institute for Public Service for which student teams assess and propose solutions to business problems in St. Louis-based non-profit organizations; student service club, Olin Cares

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Alpha Kappa Psi
Delta Sigma Pi
Female Association of Business
Olin Business Council
Olin Sports Management Association
Washington University Accounting Association
Washington University Consulting Association
Washington University Marketing Association

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
151

Electives added in current academic year:

MGT 250A The Olin Experience: Career and Leadership Development
MGT 250B The Olin Experience: Service Learning Project
MGT 450A Internship in Business
FIN 400I Mergers and Acquisitions
IS 400I Business in Israel

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

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Economics

Finance

Marketing

Strategy

Entrepreneurship; Health Care Management; International Business; Operations & Suppy Chain Management; Organizational Behavior

Special programs for business students:
International Internship Programs, Taylor Community Consulting Projects, Senior Honors Seminar, Olin Hatchery (Entrepreneurship), Management Practicum, Management Communication Lab

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

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
44

Average class size in business electives:
14


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 56  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 32  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 12  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BSBA
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
N/A

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
97  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
90  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
95  %

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

Financial aid web site
http://admissions.wustl.edu



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  %




  Scholarship consideration process:
Unique scholarship application

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No

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ACT middle 50% range:

        From:  31
        To:  33

Citizenship of entering students

U.S.: 88  %
Canada: 1  %
Other countries: 11  %
Unknown: 0  %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 6  %
Asian American: 20  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 5  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 3  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 59  %
Chose not to report: 7  %
Other: 0  %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 28  %
Mid-Atlantic: 8  %
South: 11  %
Southwest: 6  %
Midwest : 36  %
West: 11  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %