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📈 Enrollment highlights:
“What I’ve seen from these students is their courage to turn impossibilities into possibilities, their passion for solving business problems, and their compassion for people. These are the qualities of business leaders in the making.”
- Joshua Hall, Milan Puskar Dean
- Total business students: 3,638
- Graduate students: 692 (our largest graduate class on record!)
- Undergraduate students: 2,946 (our second-largest undergraduate class on record!)
- Retention rate: 82.3% (increased 2% from 2022)
- Students assisted by the Becker AeSC in AY ’22-‘23: 2,116 (doubled since moving into Reynolds Hall)
- Freshmen study hours at the Becker AeSC: 7,758 in the first semester
- Total scholarship funding awarded to business majors: $709,800
- Neidermeyer scholars/student tutors helping other students: 22
- Chambers peer mentorship program: 27 Student Leaders
- Chambers ambassadors welcoming prospective students: 24
- Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity: Recognized in Top 10 chapters of new initiates and received Chapter of Excellence award
- One-on-one career coaching: 1100+ hours in one year
- Employer meetings: 100+ in one semester
- New suits purchased for business majors in 2023 through our Gloria Jean Rosenthal Career Closet: 42
- Alumni and friends volunteer hours: 825
- Building hospitality leaders through generosity from Nemacolin resort and Hardy Family: $7M gift
- Hands-on learning: Through Data Driven WV, 127 students participated in 28 experiential learning projects to assist 22 partners across corporate, non-profit and education sectors
- Undergraduate business majors who turned their tassels in 2023: 764
- Graduate business students who turned their tassels in 2023: 384
- Total business graduates in 2023: 1,148
- Employed or enrolled in graduate school at graduation: 74.2%
- Employed or enrolled in graduate school six months post-graduation: 92%
- Top starting salary: $112K (Economics graduate hired by Amazon)
“What I’ve seen from these students is their courage to turn impossibilities into possibilities, their passion for solving business problems, and their compassion for people. These are the qualities of business leaders in the making.”
- Joshua Hall, Milan Puskar Dean
Wrapping It Up
That's another year in the books, and we’re already looking forward to the next – we’re grateful, as always, to spend it with you!
