美国商学院Profiles —— Villanova University Business school

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PROGRAM BASICS
Villanova School of Business

The Clay Center at VSB, 1054 Bartley Hall
Villanova School of Business, 800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova , Pennsylvania 19085-1678

Web site
http://www.villanova.edu/business

Program e-mail address:
gotovu@villanova.edu

Program telephone number:
(610) 519-4333

  
Private Institution

  AACSB accredited:
Yes

Accreditation other than AACSB:

Specialized Accreditation in Accounting (AACSB)

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There are three factors which make Villanova unique: the faculty, the curriculum and the small class sizes. The faculty are engaged and involved. Every class is taught by a professor and most a very available to meet outside of class. The curriculum is integrated and challenging, giving students exposure to all elements of a business education. The small classes allow students to develop personal relationships with the faculty and their classmates which enhances the learning environment.

Villanova combines a strong Liberal Arts education with an effective Business curriculum, and it has the added benefit of being located close to New York City and many large corporations. I never had a class that I thought had too many people in it, and I never experienced a teacher that failed to learn the name of every single student in class.

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The price tag is astronomical. They give back some of that in terms of facilities (the Finance Lab, access to the WSJ among others) but there is no way it justifies how much I am pumping into this school. Without my parents' ability to help shoulder the load, I do not know if the return on my investment as far as my job would have been all that high. The only other negative is that this place tends to get a little uppity at times with the class of kids that attend, and coming from a fairly blue-collar background it can get a little annoying.

The VSB program is extremely personal. I feel that I know almost all the teachers in the school, some of which I never have even had. It's not like I just go to school at Villanova and mind my own business. Staff and professors know who I am, and they all want the best for me and my future. Teachers consistently preach about the future and taking the opportunities that VSB has to offer to network and prepare for after graduation. Everyone in the school is willing to help me reach my goals, and a major reason why I was able to find such a great job with PwC is because of the relationship that Villanova has with this firm. Villanova is much more than an education but also the experience and opportunity of a lifetime.

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The teaching staff really makes our program unique. Other than the introduction classes, I have never been in a business class over 35 students. Each professor that I have had for my business classes really takes the time to get to know his/her students and makes himself/herself available outside of class. Each one is willing to help up the student body in any way they can.

The Villanova School of Business is unique because it focuses on individualized attention, teamwork, and dynamic learning. Many teachers have unique and effective teaching methods that maximize learning for students. Additionally, since class sizes are small, students are able to learn more effectively.

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Overall, the small classroom sizes allow students to not only learn more during class, but it also enables the students to frequently meet with professors outside of class. In addition, our hi-tech facilities, such as our Finance Lab, enable students to gain real world experience while learning in the classroom. Lastly, the information, assistance, and opportunity provided by Villanova's Career Services is unparalleled and has truly helped me attain my ultimate business goals.

I wish they gave non-accounting/ finance majors more job opportunities. As an econ major, I have seen few events that cater to the economics major.

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I wish they would not have changed the business schedule, where they have incoming freshmen not taking business classes in specific subjects but rather taking some sort of overall class. I think getting right into the subjects help students decide what to major in and what they have a passion for.

Our business program is unique because there is a strong focus on ethics. Every professor makes an effort to emphasize the Augustinian values (veritas, unitas, caritas) that are an integral part of the University community. Such a unique perspective gives Villanovans the desire to reach out to the surrounding community and use their business knowledge to find ways to better the world around them. We use our business skills not only in corporate America, but for the benefit of those less fortunate.

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Excellent career services. The Clay Center provides outstanding career counseling and advising. They helped me plan out my schedule so I could double major and minor while studying abroad for two semesters and interning all three summers during college. The amount of help faculty members are willing to give to students is in my opinion the best part about the business school. Everyone really wants to see you succeed and they do everything they can to help you achieve your goals.

Villanova is extremely strong in Accounting, however, as strong as they are in that field, they are equally as weak in Marketing. From courses, to professors, the Marketing department needs to be brought up to the level that Accounting is currently at.

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Excellent career services. The Clay Center provides outstanding career counseling and advising. They helped me plan out my schedule so I could double major and minor while studying abroad for two semesters and interning all three summers during college. The amount of help faculty members are willing to give to students is in my opinion the best part about the business school. Everyone really wants to see you succeed and they do everything they can to help you achieve your goals.

Villanova is extremely strong in Accounting, however, as strong as they are in that field, they are equally as weak in Marketing. From courses, to professors, the Marketing department needs to be brought up to the level that Accounting is currently at.

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INTERNSHIPS
Number of companies recruiting interns on-campus, 2008-09 academic year:
93

Companies posting internships on job boards, previous academic year:
403

Top internship recruiters, 2008-09:



PricewaterhouseCoopers
  

Bank of America Corp.
  
Johnson & Johnson
  
Ernst & Young
  
KPMG LLP
  
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
  

Citigroup Inc.
  
UBS Investment Bank
  


JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  
Barclays Bank PLC
  
Deutsche Bank AG
  



Other Internship Recruiters:
Grant Thornton 8 NBC Universal 5 Navigant Consulting 4 BBC Worldwide 3

Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year
64  %

Mean internship compensation per week:
$  759

Median internship compensation per week:
$  785

Average internship, in weeks:
10

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Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100  %
Canada: 0  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 53  %
Mid-Atlantic: 40  %
Midwest: 2  %
South: 2  %
Southwest: 2  %
West: 1  %
US Possessions/Territories: 0  %