Internal Business Perspective

Promote student diversity and exposure to global environment.

Geographic origin of Jon M. Huntsman School of Business freshman/sophomore students

Question: Permanent address before starting at USU

  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Cache Valley 29.8% 28.4% 32.1% 23.0% 18.5% 25.2%
Utah, outside of Cache Valley 45.8% 51.6% 49.4% 55.1% 53.7% 57.8%
Outside of Utah, but within USA 20.8% 18.9% 17.9% 16.6% 21.55 12.0%
Outside of USA 3.6% 1.1% 0.6% 5.3% 6.3% 5.0%

Percentage of graduating students fluent in a foreign language (by language)

The college surveys its graduating seniors each year in several sections of MHR 4480. The percentage below represents students' reporting strong second language fluency.

  2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
English Second Language 2.96% 1.37% 2.31%
Chinese 1.18% 3.75% 14.62%
French 2.37% 1.71% 5.38%
German 0.59% 2.05% 1.54%
Italian 1.78% 0.68% 0.00%
Japanese 0.59% 2.05% 3.85%
Korean 0.59% 0.00% 0.77%
Portuguese 1.78% 4.10% 2.31%
Russian 1.18% 2.39% 0.00%
Spanish 23.67% 15.36% 23.85%
Other 5.92% 2.73% 6.92%

Starting in 2007 the graduating senior exit survey was revised and the language questions was rewritten to include a fluency question.  The results from 2007-2009 are below.

  2008-2009 (n=182) 2008-2009 (n=182)
  Percent Reporting Average Fluency Median Fluency Percent Reporting Average Fluency Median Fluency
American Sign Language       4.03% 2.2 2
Arabic       0.37% 2 2
Bicol 0.58% 2 2      
Cantonese 1.73% 3 3 0.37% 4 4
Cebuane/Visian 1.16% 5 5 0.37% 4 4
Chinese       3.30% 4.88 5
Danish 0.58% 4 4 0.37% 3 3
Dutch 0.58% 1 1 0.37% 3 3
English 36.2% 4.88 5 27.11% 4.67 5
Filipino 0.58% 4 4      
Finnish 0.58% 4 4 0.73% 2 2
French 6.36% 2.1 2.5 4.03% 3.27 4
German 5.78% 2.9 2.5 2.20% 2.33 2
Guarani 2.31% 2.25 2.5      
Gujarati 0.58% 5 5      
Hmong       0.37% 4 4
Holian       0.37% 2 2
Hindi 0.58% 5 5      
Indonesian/Malay       0.37% 2 2
Italian 1.16% 3 3 1.83% 4.2 2
Japanese 4.62% 3.12 4 1.10% 2.33 3
Korean 1.16% 3.5 4 1.10% 3 3
Malagasy 0.58% 4 4      
Mandarin Chinese 4.05% 3.42 4 2.56% 1.8 2
Marshallese       0.37% 4 4
Mongolian       0.37% 5 5
Norwegian       0.37% 5 5
Persian       0.37% 5 5
Pilipino       0.37% 3 3
Pohnpeian       0.37% 4 4
Polish       0.73% 3.5 3.5
Portuguese 13.87% 4.625 4 3.30% 4.2 4
Romanian 0.58% 5 5 1.10% 4.66 4
Russian 4.62% 4 4 2.56% 3 3
Samoan       0.37% 4 4
Shona       0.37% 4 4
Spanish 54.34% 3.47 4 36.26% 3.49 4
Swedish       0.73% 4 4
Tagalog 2.89% 3.8 4 1.10% 4.33 4
Thai 0.58% 5 5      
Tongan       0.37% 2 2
Ukranian 1.16% 2 2      
Vietnamese 0.585 4 4      

Number of students from under-represented groups
(excluding international students)

The data below is gathered from our Business School Questionnaire (BSQ) submissions. Due to a conversion to a new ERP system (Banner) legacy data is not currently available to provide this data for years it was not included as an item on the BSQ.

Undergraduate

  2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
American Indian 8 5 1 4 9 9 9
Asian or Pacific Islander 38 38 25 26 27 25 26
Black, Non-Hispanic 8 7 9 6 7 6 5
Hispanic 42 43 32 33 36 32 29
White, Non-Hispanic 2257 1950 1458 1322 1361 1329 1343
Race/Ethnicity Unknown 36 35 29 37 48 59 70
Foreign Born 127 106 60 69 61 83 456

MBA

  2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
American Indian 1 0 0 1 1 3
Asian or Pacific Islander 3 5 3 1 0 0
Black, Non-Hispanic 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0 2 1 5
White, Non-Hispanic 168 177 141 110 159 207
Race/Ethnicity Unknown 3 0 7 7 21 23
Foreign Born 6 0 7 13 14 19

Specialized Masters

  2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
American Indian 0 0 0 0
Asian or Pacific Islander 0 0 5 6
Black, Non-Hispanic 0 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 2 1 3
White, Non-Hispanic 116 106 85 60
Race/Ethnicity Unknown 5 5 2 3
Foreign Born 22 19 11 18

Ph.D. in MIS (Interdepartmental)

  2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
American Indian 0 0 0 0 0
Asian or Pacific Islander 4 2 2 0 0
Black, Non-Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0
Hispanic 1 1 1 0 0
White, Non-Hispanic 15 13 19 10 1
Race/Ethnicity Unknown 0 1 0 0 0
Foreign Born 7 3 2 3 0

Number of international students

The data below is gathered from our Business School Questionnaire submissions. Due to a conversion to a new ERP system (Banner) legacy data is not currently available to provide this data for years it was not included as an item on the BSQ.

Year 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
Undergraduate 127 106 60 69 62 83 456
MS       22 10 104 90
MBA   6 0 7 21 14 19
Ph.D.     7 3 0 3 0

Number of out-of-state and international internships

The charts below show the number of students completing out-of-state and international internships. Four factors account for the drop. First, the BIS (now MIS) major has experienced dramatic declines in enrollment, and this degree required its students to complete an internship. Second, in 2004 the college stopped allowing door-to-door sales positions to qualify for internships. Third, the economy in Utah has been strong the last few years reducing the need to go out-of-state if an internship were desired. Fourth, the college implemented an enrollment management plan and the legislature changed the requirements for receiving in-state student status. This resulted in a drop in overall students and a drop in students from out-of-state who often returned home to complete internships. Though the numbers are lower, the overall quality of these internships has increased.

  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Number of Internships 723 512 612 410 364 375 360
Out-of-state Internships 95 96 95 47 34 26 24
International Internships 4 3 7 6 4 9 15