• Sacred Heart University has been providing business education since 1965, just two years after its founding, and the MBA program was the University’s first graduate program.
• The College is AACSB-accredited.
• MBA program in Luxembourg since 1991 with over 200 graduates. 
• College named for John F. (Jack) Welch, the legendary former CEO of General Electric.

Students

• Current undergraduate students: 779 (558 full-time, 221 part-time) 
• Undergraduate majors:  Accounting, Business, Business Economics, Finance, Sport Management
• MBA students:  Over 300, 71 of whom are studying in Luxembourg
• MBA concentrations:  Accounting, Finance, General Management

Honor Societies/Clubs: Delta Mu Delta, the national business honor society. Sport Management Club, Finance Club, Accounting Club, Students in Free Enterprise, and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.

Internships (sample list):  American Express Financial, Citibank, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deloitte Touche, Ernst & Young, Fidelity Investments, General Electric, Madison Square Garden, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, NBC Sports, PricewaterhouseCoopers, State Farm Insurance, UBS Paine Webber, Unilever, World Wrestling Entertainment

Faculty

• Number of full-time faculty, 35; adjunct faculty, 27
• 81% of full-time faculty have the highest degree in their field
• Average undergraduate class size: 22
• Average MBA class size:  16.5

Degrees Awarded

• Undergraduate business degrees awarded: 7,019
• Graduate business degrees awarded:  3,067

Sacred Heart University

• U.S. News & World Report's “America's Best Colleges 2007” ranks SHU in the top tier of Master's Universities in the North, while the Princeton Review recognizes SHU as among the “Best in the Northeast” in its annual college rankings. SHU also ranks 11th in the nation on Intel's 2005 “Most Unwired College Campuses.”
• Approximately 5,800 students attend the University: 3,400 full-time undergraduates, 800 part-time undergraduates and 1,600 graduate students.

Location

• The University's location in Fairfield County gives its students unlimited access to internships, employment and corporate professionals. Sacred Heart University John F. Welch College of Business alumni are working across the country, but many have started their careers at one of the more than 2,000 companies and over 40 corporate headquarters located just outside the University’s front door, including GE’s World Headquarters just down the street. The University’s proximity to New York City and Boston is a great advantage for our students who want to live and work in a major city.