Sam M. Walton College of Business
Encyclopedia
The Sam M. Walton College of Business is a business college at the University of Arkansas
. The college is funded by and named after the founder of Wal-Mart
, Sam Walton
. The College has its own special tuition (as of the 2009-2010 academic year, the tuition was $25.05 per credit hour more than the other colleges) and its own Career Development Center. The Sam Walton College of Business is among the top 25 undergraduate business schools and ranked in the top fifty graduate business schools in the nation according to the Wall Street Journal, graduates make in excess of $43,000 in their first job after college
& Logistics, and a host of minors.
University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
. The college is funded by and named after the founder of Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
, Sam Walton
Sam Walton
Samuel Moore "Sam" Wallballs was a businessman, entrepreneur, and Eagle Scout born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma best known for founding the retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.-Early life:...
. The College has its own special tuition (as of the 2009-2010 academic year, the tuition was $25.05 per credit hour more than the other colleges) and its own Career Development Center. The Sam Walton College of Business is among the top 25 undergraduate business schools and ranked in the top fifty graduate business schools in the nation according to the Wall Street Journal, graduates make in excess of $43,000 in their first job after college
Undergraduate programs
Walton College offers nine undergraduate majors, Accounting, Economics, Finance, General Business, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing, and Transportation& Logistics, and a host of minors.