Dean’s Report

The School of Business and the university are in the midst of a bold and pivotal educational journey. Indeed, this is a place like no other!

We invite you to read the 2019 Dean’s Report, which addresses this growth in greater detail.

UConn School of Business 2020 Undergraduate Enrollment
UConn School of Business 2020 Graduate Enrollment

Student Enrollment

Not only has undergraduate enrollment in business programs grown by 31% over the last seven years, but the profile of each entering class has become more competitive as well.

During the same period of time, graduate student enrollment increased by 72%, driven in large part by new master’s degrees in financial risk management, business analytics & project management, and human resource management.

Faculty

The School’s faculty offer a wealth of academic and business experience to students and the business community.

Over 96% of them have earned a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field, and all are actively involved in scholarly activities including authoring books, college textbooks, articles, conference papers, and original research projects; business, government and industrial consulting; and sponsored research for academic programs.

Such scholarly activities enable faculty to stay current in and contribute to their fields of knowledge, as well as to bring a balanced perspective between theory and practice into the classroom.

To help meet the teaching needs of unprecedented enrollment growth in recent years, the business school faculty grew by 13% between 2013 and 2020.

UConn School of Business Faculty Growth 2013-2020

Placement

Top Employers

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte
The Travelers Companies
Aetna
KPMG
Ernst & Young
Cigna
Grant Thornton
Moody's
The Hartford
United Technologies/ Pratt & Whitney
RSM
IBM

 

J.P. Morgan Chase
Aon Hewitt
Bank of America
Indeed
BlumShapiro
Nielsen
Liberty Mutual
World Fuel Services
Kantar25
Amazon
Mercer
FactSet
Goldman Sachs

UConn School of Business Enrollment 2017 Placement MBA
UConn School of Business Undergraduate Placement Data for 2020. Average salary $60,000 up 8% from 2013.

Alumni

37,000+ worldwide including:

Jonathan E. Beyman ’76; Managing Director, Institutional Clients Group, Citigroup Inc.

Mark L. Boxer ’87; Executive Vice President, Global Chief Information Officer, Cigna

Melinda T. Brown ’77; SVP and Controller, Coach, Inc.

M. Kathleen Carey-Reid ’86; Senior Vice President, Tax Exempt Markets, VOYA Financial

Mark P. Coville ’79; Managing Director & COO, Global Securities, BlackRock

Robert E. Diamond Jr. ’77 MBA; Founder & CEO, Atlas Merchant Capital

Keith R. Fox ’80; CEO, The Fox Family Foundation

Lyn A. Fox ’02 MBA; APAC Head of Equity and Credit Risk Management HSBC

John Y. Kim ’87 MBA; Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, New York Life Insurance Company

Grace P. Lee ’82 MBA; Vice President, Corporate Planning, Trilogy Communications, Inc.

Denis J. Nayden ’76, ’77 MBA; Managing Partner, Oak Hill Capital Management, and former Chairman and CEO, GE Capital

Arnaud T. Schvartz ’90 MBA; CFO, GE Money Bank Spain, A subsidiary of General Electric Co.

Retired Alumni

Janet A. Alpert, ’78 MBA; President, LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.

Bruce M. Bentley ’68; Vice President, ProMach, Inc.

Janet M. Hansen, ’78 MBA; President & CEO, Aquarion Water Company

Timothy A. Holt ’75; SVP, Chief Investment Officer, Aetna Inc.

Margaret M. Mager ’85; Managing Director, Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs Corp.

William S. Simon, Jr. ’81, ’88 MBA; Retired EVP and COO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

RSS Recent Alumni News

  • Jin Peng ‘20 Ph.D.
    Jin Peng ‘20 Ph.D. successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Essays on Speculative Bubbles, Cultural Diversity in Mutual Funds, and Pension Risk Transfer.”
  • Andy Goldstrom ’87, ’90 MBA
    Andy Goldstrom ’87, ’90 MBA published a book entitled Grow Like a Pro; Lessons from a 2X Inc. 500 Executive.”  The book’s purpose is to equip business leaders with the freedom, financial control, and ability to impact their community and chart their own course.  The book is available on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5jn6289.
  • Julia Winer ’16
    Julia Winer ’16 EMBA was named a member of the 2020 class of Hartford Business Journal’s annual 40 under Forty. Ms. Winer pivoted to health care after obtaining her EMBA and has held senior leadership roles for 10 years, most recently joining Silver Fern Healthcare as Senior Vice President to oversee marketing, communications, and product...  […]

Upcoming Alumni Events

  1. Nov 12 Alumni Career Conversations: Interview Prep And Mastery12:00pm
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Milestones

1941 School of Business established with Laurence J. Ackerman as Dean.
1958 The School’s undergraduate program earns accreditation by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
1960 Full-Time MBA Program is launched and is only open to Air Force officers.
1993 School of Business Hall of Fame is established.
2001 The School opens its doors for a new state-of-the-art, $27 million learning and research facility on Hillside Road
2002 BusinessWeek ranks UConn among the “Best B-Schools” in the country
2004 UConn School of Business Graduate Business Learning Center and SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator open in downtown Hartford
2011 Undergraduate Program ranked in Top 25 by US News & World Report.