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

Financial aid web site
http://www.onestop.umn.edu/finances

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  4,064,414

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  4,333,378

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:
49  %

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Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2009-10:
3  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2009-10 year:
14  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
86  %

  Scholarship consideration process:
As part of the admissions application

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
91  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
75  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
92  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BSB
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
They are the University of Minnesota liberal education requirements which include: general psychology, calculus, microeconomics and macroeconomics, and statistics.

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
70

Average class size in business electives:
48

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
35

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 5  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 75  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 20  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
85  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2008-09:
5  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
63

Electives added in current academic year:

Lean Thinking
Leadership & Personal Development in the Human Resource Field
Issues in Non-profit Management
Information Systems Capstone Course: A Live Case
Managing Technologies in the Supply Chain

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2007

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Supply Chain Management


Special programs for business students:
We offer case competitions; the Securian Leadership lecture series; experiential opportunities such as: the Enterprise Programs Entrepreneurship in Action, Leadershape, Mentorship opportunities, Internships, and the Emerging Leadership Program.

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

Work study opportunities description:
N/A

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Short term Global enrichment and semester length Global immersion programs are available in over 20 countries.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Volunteer and community service opportunities are available through the Business Board, the Mentorship program, the Emerging Leadership program, and student organizations.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Case competitions
Experiential Learning opportunites such as Entrepreneurship in Action
Carlson School Enterprises: Brands Funds Ventures and Consulting
20 Student organizations
The Ambassador program
Business Week
Business Board
Leadershape

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Business Board
SAFA: Student Finance and Accounting Association
Women in Business
Entrepreneurial Club
BAM: Business Association of Multi-cultural Student

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
No

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
Yes

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 73
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 71
Permanent/tenured professors: 20
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 26
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 0
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: n/a
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: n/a

Prominent faculty:

Andrew Van de Ven
George John
Roger Schroeder

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
32,298

Total living alumni:
28,005

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

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  823

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  75

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

Donor and amount:
n/a

Prominent alumni:

Name: Thomas O. Staggs
Title: Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, The Walt Disney Company
Name: John Hammergren
Title: Chairman and CEO, McKesson Corp.
Name: Yvonne Cheung Ho
Title: President and CEO, Metropolitan Economic Development Association