Facts & Figures
Undergraduate Enrollment on the Rise
The W. P. Carey School of Business has attracted a large and stellar group of first-year undergraduate students for the fall 2009 semester.
Preliminary figures show that a record 1,821 first-time freshmen were enrolled as of Aug. 21, compared with 1,805 as the official number last fall. The undergraduate program also enrolled 428 new transfer students, up from 345 last year.
The average SAT scores of freshmen Bachelor of Science students is 1211, compared with 1207 last year. ACT scores also are higher at 26.7, compared with 26.3 last year. The new freshmen come from 41 states and seven other countries. Forty percent are from out-of-state, including 236 from California, an increase of 16 percent over last year.
Student Statistics
Total number of undergraduate students in business and economics majors: 8,912
- Business Honors students (included in total number): 561
- 2009 undergraduate business major graduates: 1,192
Employment Placement
Undergraduate
- Median salary: $48,000, based on the May, August and December 2008 graduating classes
Alumni
Faculty
Undergraduate Degrees
Faculty Achievement
- Edward C. Prescott, the W. P. Carey Chair and ASU Regents' Professor of Economics, won the 2004 Nobel Prize in economics
- James Ohlson, W. P. Carey Chair of Accountancy, was named an ASU Regents' Professor in 2008
- William J. Boyes, Professor of Economics, is the 2008 Huizingh Outstanding Undergraduate Professor
- Allan C. DeSerpa, Professor of Economics, is the 2008 Huizingh Honors Teacher of the Year
- Amy Hillman, Jerry and Mary Ann Chapman Professor of Business, is the 2008 Outstanding Professor Award -- Doctoral Programs
- Luis Gomez-Mejia, Regents' Professor of Management, Horace Steele Arizona Heritage Chair in Management, won the 2008 Faculty Research Award
- Perseus B. Munshi, CPA, Faculty Director, Accountancy Masters Programs, Senior Lecturer, won the 2008 Huizingh Award for Classroom Innovation
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. Guntermann, 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 Tsui, editor
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
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