The University of Akron College of Business Administration
College of Business Administration Building
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1953 |
| Dean | Ravi Krovi |
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Academic staff
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102 |
| Undergraduates | 2,600 |
| Postgraduates | 450 |
| Location |
Akron, Ohio, USA 41°04′39″N 81°31′04″W / 41.077523°N 81.517761°WCoordinates: 41°04′39″N 81°31′04″W / 41.077523°N 81.517761°W |
| Website | Home page |
The University of Akron College of Business Administration (CBA) is the business school at The University of Akron, located in Akron, Ohio. The CBA has a total enrollment of nearly 2,600 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students. There are 65 full-time and 48 part-time faculty members. All of the CBA's programs are accredited by AACSB International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The building that currently houses the college, which opened in 1991, is a four-story, 81,000-square-foot (7,500 m2) structure with 19 classrooms.
There are several institutes and research centers at the CBA, including the Fisher Institute for Professional Selling, the Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Institute for Global Business, the Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing, the Center for Information Technology and e-Business, the Center for Organizational Development, the Center for Research and Training in Information Security and Assurance and the Suarez Applied Marketing Research Laboratories.
The undergraduate division of the College of Business Administration was founded in 1953, originally with 14 full-time and 19 part-time faculty to instruct 107 students. In 1966, the college received full accreditation by AACSB International.
Its graduate program was introduced in 1958, and it received AACSB International accreditation in 1976.
For undergraduates, the College of Business Administration offers two degree programs – the Bachelor of Science in Accounting (BSA) and the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). Students pursuing the BBA may select from among eleven different majors. The college also offers a variety of undergraduate minors and certificates. Undergraduate enrollment in the college is just under 2,600.
The graduate program admits students seeking the Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Management, Master of Science in Accountancy, and Master of Taxation degrees. The enrollment is 450 students. The Fall 2011 entering class had a mean GMAT score of 592, and an average undergraduate GPA of 3.4. The average entering student is 29 years old with 4 years of work experience.
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