Division of Economics and Business

Fast Facts

Admissions Data: Acceptance Rate of First-Year Students into Division of Economics and Business for Fall 2011: 44.6% (of 1156 Applications). The average SAT scores (math+verbal) and high school averages for first-year students enrolling in the Division of Economics and Business are below.
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
High School Average
Accounting	89.2	90.5	90.4	89.8	91.0
Business Economics	89.1	89.4	89.8	90.5	90.1
Economics	89.3	90.2	-	88.6	90.9

Average SAT Scores
Accounting	1099	1119	1133	1102	1120
Business Economics	1101	1097	1125	1111	1111
Economics	1148	1092	-	1120	1224

Undergraduate Degrees Awarded and Headcount Enrollment:
	Degrees Awarded		Headcount Enrollment
	2010-11		Fall 2011
Accounting	14			155
Business Economics	100			394
Economics	10			13
Total:	124			562

Employment Data: The Fall 2011 survey of alumni shows that 58% were employed in their first job within three months of graduation, and 80% were employed within six months. 80% reported their first job was related to their undergraduate major. The table below indicates the alumni distribution of employment by functional field.

Initial Employment by Field
Finance	12%
Accounting	24%
General Management	2%
Human Resources	2%
Sales	10%
Marketing	2%
Operations/Production Management	12%
Other	36%

Graduate Studies Data: 11% of alumni pursued graduate studies. For example, alumni reported pursuing graduate degrees at these universities: Columbia University, Fordham University, Pace University, St. John's University and Binghamton University.