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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
85  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
63  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
81  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BBA
Hours: 124

Other degree requirements:
In addition to 36 hours of business core courses in a business major, students must complete 39 to 63 credit hours of University core requirements and at least nine hours of non-business electives.

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
31

Average class size in business electives:
26

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
28

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 20  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 79  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 1  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
23

Electives added in current academic year:

Management Study Abroad
Marketing Study Abroad

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2004

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Supply Chain Management

Business Information Systems

Special programs for business students:
Burlington Northern Santa-Fe Next Generation Leadership Program; Neeley Fellows Program (honors); Educational Investment Fund; International Emphasis; various study abroad programs.

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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:
The Neeley School offers study abroad opportunities specifically for business students. Curently we offer programs in China, Euriope, UK, Chile and the Dominican Republic.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
Business School organizations participate in campus-wide community service events. The Neeley School also sponsors a holiday community service project each year and participants include Neeley School faculty, staff and students. The Neeley Fellows Program also includes a required service learning project in which students work with non-profit organizations.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

American Marketing Association
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Club
Delta Sigma Pi
Business Information Systems Association
Financial Management Association
Student Organization for Supply Chain Studies
Students in Free Enterprise
TCU Real Estate Club

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Collegiate Entrepreneurs Club
American Marketing Association
Financial Management Association
TCU Real Estate Club
Delta Sigma Pi

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
Yes

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 89
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 16
Permanent/tenured professors: 29
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 17
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 3
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are also members of company boards of directors or of advisors: 7
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are business owners: 24

Prominent faculty:

Garry D Bruton
Mary Stanford
William (Bill) C Moncrief

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COMMENTS
Current career data is based predominantly on student reporting and is not an overall reflection of the employment status of recent graduates. Salary information is reported by less than 50% of graduates.

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
14,402

Total living alumni:
12,969

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

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  1,628

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  100

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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Luther King, Jr.
Title: President, Luther King Capital Management Corp.
Name: Fehmi Zeko, Jr.
Title: Vice Chairman, Foros Group NY,NY
Name: Michael Baer
Title: President Baerpro AG, Zurich, Switzerland

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
85  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 80  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 20  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
186

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
1,131

Career services provided for business majors:
Career Fairs, Employer of the Week Event, Neworking Nights, Resume referrals, Resume Critiques, Mock Interviews, On Campus Interviewing, INtership Series, Job Search Series

Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 56  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 12  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 9  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 23  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 46  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 30  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 24  %