Prospective Undergraduate Students

The College of Business is a highly respected business college that develops professionals with the personal dedication, ethics, and lifelong learning capabilities needed to succeed professionally and to serve society. An individualized educational experience is achieved by actively involving students, creating a small class atmosphere, maintaining access to faculty, and continuously improving the curricula.

• Survey results indicate that students feel a major strength of the college is the quality of its faculty and their willingness to help students, both in and outside of the classroom.
• The college has five full-time academic advisors that are available year-round to assist students in their academic planning. 
• Students continue to select the College of Business for its academic reputation, cost, and the central location of the Illinois State campus.
• The College of Business is committed to the undergraduate experience with the majority of classes taught by full-time faculty or industry professionals. No business classes are taught by graduate teaching assistants.  
• Last fall 60 percent of business classes had 30 or fewer students and 86 percent had 50 or fewer.  Seventy-eight percent of junior/senior level major courses had 30 or fewer students.
• Faculty prepare students for successful professional and managerial careers while maintaining a close relationship with the business community, relying on a balance between quality teaching and applied theoretical research.
• The first focus of business faculty is excellence in classroom instruction; the second focus is to be innovative scholars through research.