About W. P. Carey
The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is one of the largest business schools in the United States with 299 faculty, 1,800 graduate students and more than 8,700 undergraduates. The school is internationally recognized for its leadership in business education and is highly regarded for its renowned faculty and their research productivity.
The W. P. Carey School is headquartered on ASU’s Tempe campus, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona, the fifth largest city in the U.S. Classes and program services also are offered at satellite locations throughout greater Phoenix. The metro area provides students with access to companies in high-tech, aerospace, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, transportation and tourism-related service industries. The thriving population also supports an active cultural environment and a wide range of professional sports.
Mission Statement
"We change lives through business education."
The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University seeks to become a "Top of Mind" business school known for positively impacting the practice, science, and art of management on a national and international level while maintaining a strong and ongoing commitment to Arizona and the Southwest.
Our mission is twofold:
- To create and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of business students, executives and other practitioners, and the global business and academic communities
- To attract, develop, and graduate large numbers of highly qualified students, help them formulate and advance their career aspirations and prepare them to be successful leaders in business and society
Our ability to accomplish our mission is dependent on:
- The quality and capability of our research faculty as thought leaders in teaching and research
- The capability and capacity of our entire faculty to deliver effective coursework to the school’s constituencies of undergraduate and graduate students
- Our ability to develop and execute business plans that will produce financial success
- Our staff’s ability to support our initiatives and programs with the highest level of execution
Student Statistics
Total number of undergraduate students in business and economics majors: 8,799
- Business Honors students (included in total number): 561
- 2009 undergraduate business major graduates: 1,242 in May, 234 in August
Total number of students in Master of Business Administration: 1,522
Other MBA programs offered:
- Evening / Evening Accelerated
- Executive
- Online
- Custom Corporate
- Shanghai EMBA
Total number of students in other master's programs: 294
Number of doctoral students: 107
Employment Placement
Undergraduate [1]
Master of Business Administration (full-time) [2]
- Accepted offers within 3 months of graduation: 92%
- Mean salary: $86,065
- Mean signing bonus: $12,516
[1] Figures based on the May, August and December 2008 graduating classes
[2] Figures based on the May 2008 graduating class
Alumni
- 48,880 undergraduate
- 14,219 graduate
Faculty
Undergraduate Degrees
- Accountancy
- Agribusiness
- Computer Information Systems
- Economics
- Finance
- Management
- Marketing
- Supply Chain Management
Masters Degrees
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Accountancy
- Master of Health Sector Management
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Real Estate Development
- Master of Science in Agribusiness
- Master of Science in Information Management
- Master of Taxation
Doctoral Degrees
Ph.D. in Business Administration with concentrations in:
- Accountancy
- Information Systems
- Finance
- Management
- Marketing
- Supply Chain Management
- Agribusiness
Ph.D. in Economics
Executive Education
- Several hundred managers participate yearly in a variety of open enrollment and custom certificate programs
- Growing portfolio of blended online management development solutions
- Member of UNICON (International University Consortium for Executive Education), an association of the top 75 university executive education providers worldwide
Faculty Achievement
- Edward C. Prescott, the W. P. Carey Chair and ASU Regents' Professor of Economics, 2004 Nobel Prize in economics
- Huizingh Honors Teacher of the Year -- Marketing Associate Professor Amy Ostrom
- Huizingh Outstanding Undergraduate Professor -- Marketing Associate Professor Vincent Blasko, Ford Motor Company Faculty Fellow
- Huizingh Outstanding Undergraduate Professor -- Management Lecturer Richard Nosky
- Teets Award for Undergraduate Teaching -- Marketing Clinical Faculty John Eaton
- Teets Award for Undergraduate Teaching Assistant -- Accounting TA Nicholas Arambula
- MBA and Master's Programs Outstanding Teaching Award -- Economics Professor William Boyes
- MBA and Master's Programs Outstanding Teaching Award -- Management Associate Professor Kevin Corley
- MBA and Master's Programs Outstanding Teaching Award -- Economics Associate Professor Berthold Herrendorf
- Teets Award for Graduate Teaching -- Marketing Professor Jim Ward, Yellow Corporation Professor of Services Marketing and Management
- Doctoral Programs Outstanding Professor -- Management Professor Blake Ashforth, Rusty Lyon Chair in Strategy Management
- Faculty Research Award -- Economics Professor V. Kerry Smith, W. P. Carey Professor of Economics
- Hall of Fame Inductee -- Sue Perrott Siferd, Supply Chain Management
- Hall of Fame Inductee -- Andy Philippakis, Computer Resources and Corporate Online MBA Program
- Faculty Service Award -- Management Professor Jim Hershauer, Ford Dealership Management Fellow
Research and Service Centers
The W. P. Carey School of Business houses 11 research and service centers:
Publications and Editorial Positions
- Strategic Management Journal – Robert Hoskisson, associate editor
- The American Economic Review – Richard Rogerson, co-editor
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis – Jeffrey Coles, associate editor
- Journal of Management Research – Luis Gomez-Meija, editor
- Journal of Real Estate Literature – Karl L. Gunterman, editor
- Journal of High Technology Management Research – Luis Gomez-Meija, editor
- Eastern European Economics – Joseph Brada, editor
- Accounting Review – Michael Mikhail, editorial board
- Academy of Management Review – Amy Hillman, editor
- Management and Organization Review – Anne S. Tsui, editor in chief
- Decision Sciences Journal – Vicki Smith-Daniels, editor
- Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics - Paul M. Patterson, editorial council
- Journal of International and Global Economics Studies - Troy Schmitz, editorial board
- Journal of Macromarketing - Clifford Shultz, editor
- Agricultural Economics - Timothy Richards, editorial council
- The Arizona Blue Chip Economic Forecast
Accreditations
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- W. P Carey School of Business, accredited 1962
- W. P. Carey MBA, accredited 1964
- School of Accountancy, accredited 1987
The Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)
- School of Health Management and Policy, accredited 1976
