LAKERS TOGETHER: Grand Valley is preparing for successful learning experiences when classes resume on Aug. 31. Learn more about the plan for fall in this handbook.
Quick Facts
The L. William Seidman Center, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan is the home to the Seidman College of Business. Classes are also offered at the university's main campus in Allendale, Meijer Campus in Holland, and in Muskegon.
Accreditation AACSB International
Fall 2018 Enrollment
- Undergraduate: 4090
- Graduate: 273
2018-2019 Faculty
- Faculty (full-time): 100
- Ph.D. Faculty: 72
Graduate Profile
- Mean Age (MBA): 30.3
- Average GMAT (Fall '18): 542
- Female: 115
- Male: 158
- Part-time Students: 197
Ethnicity
- Caucasian: 223
- Black or African American: 6
- Hispanic or Latino: 14
- Asian: 16
- American Indian or Alaskan: 1
- Multi-ethnic: 8
- Not Reported: 5
Undergraduate Profile
- Mean Age: 20.7
- Mean ACT (Fall '18): 23.4
- Female: 1616
- Male: 2474
- Full-time Students: 3753
- 1st year retention rate: 80.55
Ethnicity
- Caucasian: 3443
- Black or African American: 157
- Hispanic or Latino: 211
- Asian: 121
- American Indian or Alaskan: 16
- Multi-ethnic: 125
- Not Reported: 17
Undergraduate Degrees Offered
- Accounting
- Business Economics - General
- Business Economics - Real Estate
- Economics BA
- Economics BS
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- General Business
- General Management
- Human Resources Management
- International Business
- Management - Information Systems
- Marketing
- Marketing - Distribution & Logistics
- Marketing - Sales
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management
Graduate Degrees Offered
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Master of Science in Accounting (MSA)
- Executive Master of Business Administration
Degrees granted by GVSU 2017-2018
|
Major |
Undergraduate Degrees Granted |
|---|---|
|
Accounting |
206 |
|
Business Economics BBA (all emphasis areas) |
72 |
|
Economics BS |
14 |
|
Entrepreneurship |
19 |
|
Finance |
227 |
|
General Business |
15 |
|
General Management |
79 |
|
Human Resources Management |
38 |
|
International Business |
26 |
|
Management - Information Systems |
81 |
|
Marketing |
308 |
|
Operations Management |
7 |
|
Supply Chain Management |
92 |
|
TOTAL |
978 |
| Major |
Graduate Degrees Granted |
|---|---|
|
MBA |
56 |
|
MSA |
54 |
|
MST |
4 |
|
EMBA |
20 |
|
TOTAL |
134 |
2014-2015 Placement & Salary Statistics
Statistics Based off of the Alumni Employment and Graduate School Survey (Information provided by Career Services)
|
Major |
Degree |
Responses |
Average Salary |
Successfully Placed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Accounting |
BBA |
102 68.00% |
$48,421.62 |
98 96.08% |
|
Business Economics |
BBA |
38 79.17% |
$46,481.82 |
38 100.00% |
|
Business General |
BBA |
12 46.15% |
$42,500.00 |
12 100.00% |
|
Finance |
BBA |
142 73.58% |
$48,560.95 |
137 96.48% |
|
International Business |
BBA |
18 72.00% |
N/A* |
17 94.44% |
|
Management |
BBA |
135 72.19% |
$48,421.48 |
130 96.30% |
|
Marketing |
BBA |
167 78.04% |
$47,000.00 |
161 96.41% |
|
Supply Chain Management |
BBA |
39 76.47% |
$51,818.18 |
39 100.00% |
|
Business General |
MBA |
46 80.70% |
$66,166.67 |
45 97.83% |
|
Accounting |
MSA |
34 68.00% |
$53,613.33 |
33 97.06% |
|
Taxation |
MST |
7 50.00% |
$44,000.00 |
7 100.00% |
*International Business is always a double major, so their salaries are included in the other majors.