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School of Business Student Success

The School of Business prepares students for professional lives in business and related fields. We accomplish this with rigorous coursework complemented by practical assignments, opportunities for practical experience outside the classroom, and an accessible, academically and professionally qualified faculty.

School faculty members focus on several measures of student progress and success by evaluating program measures such as retention and adjusted graduation rates as illustrated below.

Mount Union students typically declare a major in their sophomore year. In a table provided below, the retention between freshman and sophomore years is the institutional number and percentage, including all undergraduates. The retention between the sophomore to junior year and junior to senior year is the department number and percentage, representing only majors in the department. 

First to second-year retention rates are for all UMU students in the cohort (first-year, full-time students) second to third and third to fourth-year retention rates are for students that had a declared a business major by the end of the fall semester of their second year . Students who graduate before the fall of the fourth year, are considered to be retained.

Cohort Matriculation Year Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2023 Fall 2024 Fall 2025 3 Year Average
University Cohort (n) 550 491 550 536 669 669
First to second-year retention in University 72% 78% 71% 77% 71%
Unduplicated School of Business students by the end of  fall of year two (n) 117 89 131 103 112
Fall of year three(n) in the School of Business 89 67 107 88
Second to third-year retention rate within School of Business 76% 75% 82% 78%
Fall of year three(n) within the University 94 71 108 91
Second to third-year retention rate within the University 80% 80% 82% 81%
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