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

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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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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
76  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 71  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 29  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
142

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
621

Career services provided for business majors:
Undergraduate Business Symposium, Alumni Databases, International Internship Opportunities, Leadership Development, Career Expos (4 annual), Career Panels & Workshops, Networking Nights, Mock Interviews, Interview Stream, NYC Interview Day, Access to Online Career Exploration Tools, Archived Job Postings, Resume Referrals, 1:1 Counseling, Career Testing, Resource Library, Resume Creation Tool, Employer Contact Mining Tools, Career Consultants

Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: NA  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: NA  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: NA  %
Did not report having received a job offer: NA  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 85  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 12  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: NA  %

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Top hiring firms:



Bank of America Corp.
  

Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
  
International Bus. Machines
  
General Electric
  
Morgan Stanley
  
Credit Suisse Group
  
Goldman Sachs Group
  
PepsiCo Inc.
  
Philip Morris
  


Other Hiring Firms:

Navigant Consulting
Teach for America
Neiman Marcus
Huron Consulting Group


Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $  52
Median base salary: $  55
Mean signing bonus: $  6
Median signing bonus: $  5
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  18
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  12

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 27  %
Finance/Accounting: 45  %
General Management: 4  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Management Information Systems: 0  %
Marketing/Sales: 18  %
Operations/Production: 0  %
Logistics/Transportation: 0  %
Other: 6  %

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Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 1  %
Consumer Products/Retail: 8  %
Consulting Services: 23  %
Financial Services: 33  %
Government/Education: 5  %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 2  %
Manufacturing: 7  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Petroleum/Energy: 0  %
Real Estate: 1  %
Sports/Leisure: 0  %
Technology/Science: 3  %
Non-Profit: 2  %
Transportation: 0  %
Utilities: 0  %
Other: 13  %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 98  %
Canada: 0  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 17  %
Mid-Atlantic: 22  %
Midwest: 2  %
South: 53  %
Southwest: 4  %
West: 2  %
US Possessions/Territories: 0  %