Mission Statement

The Department of Business Administration distinguishes itself from business schools at other regional, teaching-focused universities by focusing on the development of business leaders with critical thinking skills and ethical values in a region that has been underserved in the business education area, needs economic development, and contains geographically place-bound students. 

View the Business Administration Strategic Plan

To achieve this mission, we will focus on the following:

• Enhancing close interaction between faculty and students with quality teaching that emphasizes academic excellence and student success
• Preparing students for in-demand, 21st-century job success in our region and more generally, in the global marketplace
• Providing students with opportunities to develop entrepreneurial skills
• Engaging the business community and region
• Sustaining scholarship by all faculty that is impactful and of high quality, particularly applied integrated and pedagogical research
• Offering both online and on-campus business programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels

Profile

• Male: 54.9%    
• Female: 45.1%                         
• Full-Time: 73.2%      
• Part-Time: 26.8%      
• White: 82.8%
• Nonresident Alien: 5.7%
• Black: 4.2%
• Hispanic: 2.7%
• Other/Unknown: 4.6%
• Average ACT: 22.2
• Avg. Age (UG): 25.1
• Avg. Age (GR): 34.8

First-Time Freshman Retention Rate: 78.4%

6-Year Graduation Rate – Undergraduate: 63.75%

First-time CPA pass rate for accounting majors: 51%

Average Starting Salary – Undergraduate: $39,788 (all majors)

• Accounting: $41,000 
• Finance: $37,500 
• Marketing: $35,500 
• Information Systems: $44,909
• Management: $31,000

Learning Goals - Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Program