Undergraduate Business Program Facts

The program typifies the William & Mary experience: an exceptionally challenging curriculum, some of the smartest students in the world, and a research faculty who love to teach.

The extraordinary rigor of the academic and social experience will prepare you for leadership in your professions, community, and personal life. At the heart of the Undergraduate Business Program is the Individual Program of Study, an interdisciplinary, focused pathway to your aspirations, dreams and vision of who you want to be.

You’ll arrive with a desire to change the world and you leave with the confidence, knowledge, and courage to do just that.

Enrollment:

Full-time undergraduate business majors enrollment: 454
Female: 43%
Male: 57%

Format:  Most students (both majors and minors) enter the program in the fall semester of junior year, typically applying during the spring semester of sophomore year for admission the following fall.

Early admission is available for students studying abroad in the semester immediately before entering the business program. Prerequisite coursework includes introductory courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Calculus and Accounting.

Credit hours required for graduation: 120 hours required for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration

Degree offered: Bachelor of Business Administration

Majors offered:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing
• Process Management & Consulting

Concentrations offered:

• Accounting
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Management & Organizational Leadership
• Marketing
• Process Management & Consulting

Important aspects of the application:  Completion of 54 credits (Junior Standing) prior to entry into the program, completion of all five prerequisites prior to entry into the program, competitive entry based on GPA.

Rankings

BusinessWeek 2009 Best Undergraduate Schools
30th among all schools
10th among public schools
A+ in faculty teaching
14th in Return on Investment

U.S. News & World Reports Best Colleges 2009
43rd among all schools
22nd among public schools

Top hiring firms:  Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte Touche, Tomatsu, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KPMG LLP, Ernst & Young, Deutsche Bank AG, Navigant Consulting, Capital One, CGI, FTI Consulting, Kenesis, Consulting, Teach for America, Cambridge Associates, Accenture