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Admissions

Admissions Data:

 Acceptance Rate of First-Year Students into Division of Economics and Business for Fall 2007: 34.8% (of 1003 Applications). The average SAT scores and high school averages for first-year students enrolling in the Division of Economics and Business are below.

                                                             2003                2004                2005              2006         2007

High School Average

      Accounting                                       84.4                 87.3                 89.0                88.8           89.2

      Business Economics                           85.4                 86.4                  88.1               88.4           89.1

      Economics                                         88.0                   ---                   *                   87.6           89.3

Average SAT scores

      Accounting                                        1051                 1069                 1140           1100              1099

      Business Economics                            1076                 1055                1200           1103              1101   

      Economics                                          1120                    ---                     *             1107              1148

 *Suppressed to maintain individual privacy

Undergraduate Degrees Awarded and Headcount Enrollment:

                                                    Degrees                                    Headcount

                                                     Awarded                                 Enrollment

                                                      2005-06                                  Fall 2007

Accounting                                          17                                            93

Business Economics                             84                                           408

Economics                                             2                                             10

TOTAL                                               103                                           511

Employment Data:

The Fall 2007 survey of alumni shows that 70% were employed in their first job within three months of graduation, and 91% were employed within six months.  98% reported their first job was related to their undergraduate major. The table below indicates the alumni distribution of employment by functional field.

        Initial Employment by Field

                                  Finance                                                                               20.5%

                                  Accounting                                                                           30.8%

                                  General Management                                                                5.1%

                                  Operations-Production                                                            12.8%

                                  Sales                                                                                    10.3%

                                  Human Resources                                                                      5.1%

                                   Other                                                                                  15.4%

Current Employment Income:

              Less than $25,000          11.9%

             $25,000-30,000               11.9%

             $30,000-35,000              14.3%

             $35,000-40,000              14.3%

             $40,000-45,000              21.4%

             $45,000-50,000               9.5%

              $50,000-60,000              9.5%

              $60,000-65,000              4.8%

              $75,000 or more             2.4%

Graduate Studies Data:

18% of alumni pursued graduate studies.  For example, alumni reported pursuing graduate degrees at these universities:  Adelphi University, Albany Law School, Clarkson University, Columbia University, Hofstra University, University of Maryland, St. Joseph’s University, Pace University, San Francisco State University, SUNY Albany, SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Utica/Rome, Arizona State University, Chatham University, Binghamton University, St. Johns University, and Union University.