McIntire School of Commerce
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McIntire School of Commerce |
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| Established | 1921 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Carl P. Zeithaml |
| Undergraduates | 660 |
| Location | Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
| Campus | Suburb |
| Website | www.commerce.virginia.edu |
The McIntire School of Commerce is the University of Virginia's undergraduate business school. It was founded in 1921 through a gift by Paul Goodloe McIntire. The two-year McIntire program offers students B.S. degrees in Commerce with concentrations in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Management, International Business, and Information Technology. McIntire also offers two graduate programs: Masters in Management of Information Technology and a Masters in Accounting. Students at UVA enter the Commerce school in their 3rd year.
McIntire consistently ranks as one of the top undergraduate business programs in the United States. Citing the school’s superior job placement rates and high starting salaries, Business Week magazine recently ranked McIntire as the No. 2 program in the United States.
[edit] History
In 1920, the University of Virginia began offering students majoring in economics the opportunity to specialization in business administration. One year later a donation from stockbroker, alumnus and Charlottesville philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire made the establishment of the McIntire School of Commerce and Business Administration possible. Over the next three decades McIntire operated as a separate entity from the College of Arts and Sciences, but worked closely with the James Wilson School of Economics. In 1952, the University’s Board of Visitors approved the establishment of the McIntire School as a professional school to be administered as a separate unit of the University, distinct from the College. McIntire is currently located in Monroe Hall, though in 2007 it will be moving to back to the Lawn into a newly renovated Rouss Hall.
[edit] Academics
Students apply for enrollment at McIntire during the Fall of their sophomore year, and begin coursework in the Fall of their junior year. During this first semester students assume the role of an analyst and work on a semester-long project for one of four Fortune 500 Companies (currently Procter and Gamble, Harley Davidson, Macy’s or Dominion Resources). The team-based project requires students to advise senior management on a problem or objective the company is facing.
[edit] Recruitment
McIntire’s job placement rate (95%) and average starting salary ($51,800) is one of the highest among undergraduate business programs. A significant percentage (more than 25%) of McIntire’s graduates obtain analyst positions at New York investment banks, while others work in accounting, consulting or marketing.
