Why do students choose Roanoke instead of other business colleges?

• Business Administration is Roanoke College’s most popular major.
• Roanoke's business administration and economics department is one of only 5% of all business colleges and universities in the U.S accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
• Students looking at other business colleges found the class size to be too big.
  At Roanoke, the average class size is 18.
• 95% of Roanoke's tenure track faculty have the highest degrees in their fields.
• The Department of Business Administration and Economics offers three degree programs: the Bachelor of Business Administration, the Bachelor of Arts in Economics and the Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems. 
• 95% of Roanoke College job-seeking seniors get job offers within six months of graduation.
• Students are required to fulfill computer courses as part of the business curriculum, while other business colleges have it available.   
• Students in other business colleges do not have the opportunity to be part of the “Student Managed Fund” course which lets students successfully invest $500,000 of the College’s money in the stock market to learn investment concepts.
• 60% of students earn course credit and career experience through internships and independent studies in Roanoke's learning by doing environment.
• One of Roanoke's highly competitive business internships includes the Innovation Challenge.
• Roanoke’s business graduates have opened their own businesses, become executives, bankers and successful investors.
• Many business program graduates have chosen to continue their education at business colleges such as, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, Northwestern University, University of Michigan and the University of Virginia.

Looking for business internships?

• Roanoke encourages business internships for students on and off campus.
• Business internships can count as a credit towards your major or concentration.

Business internships from past students include:

Clubs and Academic Achievement Organizations:

Omicron Delta Epsilon is the national honor society open to economics majors with excellent academic standing.
Delta Mu Delta recognizes superior academic achievements in business administration.
Alpha Kappa Psi is a national business fraternity available to students with business majors.