BBA CAREER SERVICES

Average Salary Data by Major

 *Master of Science in Accounting reflective of May 2006 class

Reprinted from the Summer 2009 Salary Survey, with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, copyright holder.

COX BBA PROGRAM - Fact Sheet

The average number of BBAs enrolled in Cox is 1,200

This number includes only Sophomores through Seniors. SMU admits all freshmen into the Dedman College of Liberal Arts and students must take a number of required classes while obtaining a minimum 3.2 GPA to gain admittance to the SMU/Cox School of Business BBA Program.

The average number of BBA Scholars is 120

BBA Scholars are freshmen throughout the country who are guaranteed admittance to Cox based on their high school academic record.

The average overall GPA for all Cox BBAs is 3.4

The average SAT score is 1246

The number of students enrolled by major as of Fall 2007:

Accounting: 111

Finance: 348

Financial Consulting: 31

General Business: 234

Information Systems: 6

Management: 37

Marketing: 140

Real Estate Finance: 41

The average number of graduates by semester:

May = 300 - 320
December = 65 - 85

Student body demographics:

• Out-of-State students constitute 41% of the student body
  (Top 5 States: California, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Louisiana in Fall 2006)
• In-State students constitute 59% of the student body
• Minorities: 22%
  International Students: 7.7%
  Caucasians: 70.3%
• Female: 45%
  Male: 55%

Rankings of the SMU/Cox School of Business

Fall 2006

BBA Program

BusinessWeek - #20 in the nation, #12 for highest SAT scores, and #15 for sending the most undergraduates to top MBA programs.

Fiske Guide to Colleges commends the Cox School’s strong ties with the Dallas business community, claiming, “SMU is all but the official alma mater of the Dallas business and professional elite.”

Princeton Review - #4 for “Happiest Students”and #4 for “Great College Towns”.

U.S. News & World Report - #37 in the nation and in the Top 50 for since the rankings began

Executive MBA

BusinessWeek - #16 worldwide (#13 in the U.S.), praising faculty members for real-world experience brought to the classroom.

BusinessWeek - #5 for Global Business and #6 for Marketing as “Best Subjects” in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni.

Financial Times - #1 for enrolling the most experienced students, and in the Top 10 for highest salaries five years after graduation.

U.S. News & World Report - #14 in the nation.

Professional MBA

Forbes - #10 in the nation for ROI, the only program in Texas and the South on the list.

U.S. News & World Report- #10 in the nation, the only program in Texas named in the category.

Full-time MBA

BusinessWeek, Financial Times and Forbes rank Cox among the nation’s top schools.

The Economist - #1 in the United States for potential to network, #7 in the world.

The Wall Street Journal - #20 regional and students are commended by recruiters for their ambition and people skills.

Hispanic Trends names Cox one of the 25 best business schools for Hispanic MBAs.

The Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur Magazine - #5 in the nation/region for its entrepreneurial program, as ranked by program directors, faculty and alumni.

Faculty

Five Cox School of Business departments were recognized among the nation’s top business schools for research productivity based on more than 1.5 million scholarly citations. Only seven schools ranked in the top 30 in all five categories: SMU Cox, Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, MIT, NYU and UCLA.

The Princeton Review - #9 for best professors, based on interest and accessibility.