According to the stevens.edu webpage, the School of Business has welcomed its largest and most diverse class in school history, with 201 students enrolling this fall. As the article’s title also suggests, this incoming class is also one of its most diverse classes, with 40% of students being women, and 57 students also athletes across multiple sports teams.
The Dean of the School of Business, Gregory Pratacos, credits the strong interest in business to “top faculty, up-to-date curriculum, excellent student placements, and unique location of the university.” Pratacos states how the School of Business is “excited to welcome these new students to our campus, and [the school is] committed to educating and inspiring the leaders of today’s technology-centric world.”
One student, Tanya Avadia, chose to attend Stevens because of the unique programs that would set her apart from her peers, as well as the fact that graduates of Stevens experience one of the lowest gender gaps in pay. Avadia said, “The reason why I chose Stevens, and specifically the School of Business, is because of their ROI–the high job placement rates, high starting salaries, high number of paid internships.” She also particularly likes how students are taught in a way that prepares them for the real world and that the program allows her to combine her two passions: business and technology.
Avadia continued, “What I hope to gain as a School of Business student is real world experience that I could apply to my job in the future and be able to network with professionals in the industry I hope to work in.”
Akbar Pathan, another student, was initially planning to major in computer science but came to Stevens when he learned about the quantitative financing major, which other colleges offer only as a graduate program. As Pathan says, “To me, Stevens is more than ‘the school with the view.’ I see the value in my education. Quantitative Finance, a major not taught at the undergraduate level by the outstanding majority of universities in America, is taught at Stevens, and it’s taught well. Whether it’s the incredible return on investment, opportunities, or culture, Stevens has it for me.”
Another student, Kevin Pfundstein, chose Stevens because “The curriculum is unique because it has been updated to match the needs of the modern business world. I felt the focus on technology skills, data visualization and analysis tools will prepare me for the business world of today and tomorrow,” Pfundstein said. “The traditional accounting programs offered at most colleges fail to give the technology-focused education that is offered here at Stevens. I was also intrigued by the unique opportunity to minor in quantitative finance, which is a perfect fit for my interests. Stevens’ business curriculum allows me to turn my interests into marketable skills. As an added bonus my dorm view provides me with an inspiring view of the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline.”
According to the article, the School of Business was recognized as a top-15 business school for economic return by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. As President Nariman Farvardin elaborated, “Many of our business school graduates go on to long, successful careers in top-tier companies, re-confirming the value of a Stevens degree.”
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