Among the Best Business Schools in the World
“[The international Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)] provides internationally recognized, specialized accreditation for business and accounting programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level. The AACSB Accreditation Standards challenge post-secondary educators to pursue excellence and continuous improvement throughout their business programs. AACSB Accreditation is known, worldwide, as the longest standing, most recognized form of specialized/professional accreditation an institution and its business programs can earn.” –AACSB.edu
As an accredited institution of the AACSB, the College of Business operates under a high set of quality standards for our programs and professors. Each course’s curriculum is regularly reviewed to ensure the continued quality and innovative excellence of our programs.
The College of Business is also one of very few schools in the world to hold accreditation for both our business and accounting programs.
First in Idaho
In 1978, the ISU’s College of Business became the first business school in the state to receive accreditation from the AACSB.
Among the Best
The AACSB accredits less than 5 percent of the 16,000 schools granting business degrees worldwide.
Within the Top 2%
Only 175 schools hold both accounting and business accreditation, ranking ISU’s College of Business in the top 2 percent of business schools in the world.
Performance Metrics
The Idaho State University College of Business strives to build a culture of professionalism among our students especially through encouraged involvement in Professional Development networking and internship activities. These activities, among an array of tutoring services and an approachable and renowned faculty and staff are all geared towards building the best possible education and overall future for our students. These aspects all represent a unique and opportunity-enriched atmosphere- inspiring increased enrollments, higher retention and a fantastic 90 percent job placement rate among College of Business graduates (ISU Career Center, 2015 Employment Facts). The metrics listed below are a documentation of enrollment, retention and placement statistics over the most recent semesters.
Enrollment
| Enrolled Fall 2015 |
Graduates Spring 2016 |
|
| MBA | ||
| Undecided Business | 137 | |
| Accounting | 193 | 40 |
| CIS/Informatics | 120 | 20 |
| Finance | 132 | 18 |
| Economics | 19 | |
| GBus/General Business | 85 | 3 |
| Management | 201 | 43 |
| Marketing | 116 | 13 |
| Total | 1003 | 137 |
| MBA | 126 | 56 |
| MAcc | 42 | 35 |
Retention
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
Representing percentage of students enrolled in Fall 2015 who were eligible to enroll in Spring 2016.
| MAcc | 100% |
| MBA | 81% |
| BBA | |
| Accounting | 89% |
| CIS/Informatics | 82% |
| Finance | 87% |
| Bus/General Business | 83% |
| Management | 88% |
| Marketing | 89% |
| Undecided Major | 76% |
| Total | 85% |
Career Path Internships
A total of 106 CPI positions were filled for the 2015-2016 academic school year.
Student Loan Defaults
A total of 31 College of Business students defaulted on student loans in the 2012 fiscal year.
Undergraduate Placement
Upon graduation, College of Business graduates were employed in various well-known companies throughout the country. Some of these include:
Spring 2016
- American Family Insurance
- Cooper Norman
- Delta Dental Insurance of Idaho
- Drake Rose & Associates
- Idaho State University Federal Credit Union
- Microsoft
Spring 2015
- College of Western Idaho
- Deloitte
- Delta Dental Insurance of Idaho
- Farm Bureau Insurance
- Intermountain Gas Company
- KPMG
- Melaleuca
- Moss Adams, LLP
- State Farm
- USDA
- Wells Fargo