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COMMENTS
The College of Business Administration has rolling admissions, so there is no application deadline. In addition to the BSBA degree, the business student has the opportunity to obtain a double degree i.e. a BSBA+ BS or BA (Jointly offered with the School of Arts and Sciences or the School of Information Sciences) for a total of 150 credits

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
10,960

Total living alumni:
8,389

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
13  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  1,291

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  60

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


Prominent alumni:

Name: Anonymous
Name: Anonymous
Name: Anonymous

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
90  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 77  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 13  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
85

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
223

Career services provided for business majors:
1) Alumni Career Panels 2) Annual Career Conference 3) Career Development Orientation for freshmen and transfers 4) Career development workshops 5) Job Shadowing Program 6) Leadership training for business student organizations (on & off campus) 7) Mock Interviews 8) Career Coaching blog 9) Podcasts 10) Digital career development workshops 11) Corporate sponsored case studies 12) Corporate branding days on campus 13) Corporate information sessions and workshops 14) Corporate guest speakers in classes 15) Corporate networking sessions 16) Corporate site visits 17) On campus interviews for internships and permanent hire 18) Internships and job postings 19) Internships for credit 20) International Internship Program

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Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 46  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 26  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 28  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 46  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 26  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 28  %

Top hiring firms:



PricewaterhouseCoopers
  

Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
  
KPMG LLP
  
Ernst & Young
  


Other Hiring Firms:

PNC Financial Services Group
First Investor Corporate
Dick's Sporting Goods HQ
AFLAC
Bank of New York Mellon
Schneider Downs
American Eagle Outfitters HQ
Bechtel Bettis
Edward Jones
Lockheed Martin
Freddie Mac

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Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $  44,299
Median base salary: $  44,500
Mean signing bonus: $  3,444
Median signing bonus: $  2,500
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  5,750
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  5,750

Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 3  %
Finance/Accounting: 57  %
General Management: 5  %
Human Resources: 2  %
Management Information Systems: 1  %
Marketing/Sales: 20  %
Operations/Production: 5  %
Logistics/Transportation: 0  %
Other: 7  %

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Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 20  %
Consumer Products/Retail: 13  %
Consulting Services: 8  %
Financial Services: 26  %
Government/Education: 8  %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 2  %
Manufacturing: 7  %
Media/Entertainment: 4  %
Petroleum/Energy: 0  %
Real Estate: 1  %
Sports/Leisure: 3  %
Technology/Science: 3  %
Non-Profit: 3  %
Transportation: 1  %
Utilities: 0  %
Other: 1  %

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Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100  %
Canada: 0  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 9  %
Mid-Atlantic: 81  %
Midwest: 3  %
South: 3  %
Southwest: 1  %
West: 3  %
US Possessions/Territories: 0  %

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INTERNSHIPS
Number of companies recruiting interns on-campus, 2008-09 academic year:
55

Companies posting internships on job boards, previous academic year:
336

Top internship recruiters, 2008-09:



PricewaterhouseCoopers
  

Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
  
UBS
  
Ernst & Young
  
KPMG LLP
  
Nestle
  


Other Internship Recruiters:
PNC Financial Services 15 Northwestern Mutual Financial Network 8 Walt Disney Corporation 5 Bank of New York Mellon 4 H.J. Heinz Company 4 American Eagle Outfitters 4 Dick's Sporting Goods 4 GlaxoSmithKline 3 The Hershey Company 3

Percentage of internships that were paid, previous academic year
71  %

Mean internship compensation per week:
$  440

Median internship compensation per week:
$  410

Average internship, in weeks:
14

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Being in the city of Pittsburgh, the business program works hard to incorporate interesting firms within the city into our curriculum. For example, in a marketing course, I was able to help design the new student seating section for the Penguins new stadium. We have also been provided numerous chances to work with the sports teams and major companies stationed downtown and in various Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

Career services and job placement is excellent. Different companies come to the business school every week and try to recruit and offer interview to students. This is in addition to having multiple career fairs, presentations, and other networking events that gives us the ability to network

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The only problem I had with Pitt's business school was the air of superiority that many of the students carry with them. Thus, early on I decided to go outside of the business school to secure the majority of my friends.

Though these kids are nice, I feel they're a little short-sighted when it comes to how to be successful--instead focusing for the most part on the money aspect of "making it".

Classes are never more than 50 students, and professors are very accessible. It is not uncommon for a student and a professor to meet outside of the classroom and discuss not only academic coursework, but also what career path to choose and how to get there.