About Us

The mission of the Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth School of Business is to guide and educate our students to become critical thinkers and effective communicators prepared to thrive as ethical and socially responsible business and civic leaders in a diverse global environment. We are committed to creating and disseminating relevant theoretical and practical business knowledge that leads to student, faculty, and community success. Our faculty actively engage and encourage our students with experiential and applied learning that fosters collaboration and respect for diversity.

The school currently has 856 students and had 361 students graduate from the program in the past year. We have twenty-three full-time and several part-time faculty members. Our students can earn degrees in Accounting-Public and Managerial, Business Administration, Business Economics, Business Management, Economics, Finance-Corporate Finance, Financial Management, or Financial Services, Human Resource Management, International Business, and Marketing. We also offer an interdisciplinary major in Data Science and Informatics. Interdisciplinary minors in Accounting Information Systems, Agricultural Finance, and Sport Management. Minors in Economics or General Business are available to students who major in another discipline, permitting students to gain exposure to the principles and fundamental concepts of business while pursuing a non-business major.