Because here, every student matters. We celebrate your strengths. We care about your academic and career goals. As a Blue Jay, you will learn to fly with confidence.
We let you hold the yoke early and be there to catch you if you fall. We guarantee you will graduate in four years with the best business skills the market can afford. We offer eight unique majors in:
BA MAJOR (MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING CONCENTRATIONS)
"The Department of Business helped me build my resume, my network, and most importantly, my confidence to pursue my passions fearlessly. The diverse opportunities that were provided to me helped me to find the marketing internships that I held as a student, as well as secure my first position prior to graduating from Elizabethtown College."
Kelsey currently works as the Recruiting Specialist for GIANT Food Stores, LLC in Carlisle, PA. She obtained her Resident Producer License for Accident and Health, Life and Fixed Annuities in 2016, and proudly earned her Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional Credential (SHRM-CP) in 2017.
More than 95% of our graduates find a job in less than a year. That’s faster than the national average of 50%. In fact, many of our students receive job offers before they graduate! Companies that employ our students include:
Many of our students continue their education at prestigious institutions around the world:
You don’t have to wait until you graduate to start your own business. Alumna Sarah Lanphier '09 started a granola company in her senior year at Etown to support her triathlon team. She transformed it into a successful family business after graduation. Our lacrosse fanatics did it, too!
Every business major who wants to connect with a mentor can do so. Our alumni are happy to guide students in the career paths that they choose.
Our quirky Dr. Greenberg, marketing professor, takes students to the Quirks marketing conference in NYC. They have the unique opportunity to network with industry professionals and marketing executives.
At Etown, every student who wants an internship or co-op can complete one. Our students complete one or more internships before they graduate, whether that’s with a Big Four accounting firm, a Fortune 500 company or a small family business in central Pennsylvania. At Etown, 100% of students who completed a co-op with the Hershey Company were offered a full-time position after graduation!
BA MAJOR (FINANCE CONCENTRATION)
Adam had the chance to do a full-time co-op internship with The Hershey Company in 2016. Adam worked for Hershey headquarters doing category strategy and insights, working on the convenience store channel making sales presentations for retailers and doing financial planning research for The Hershey Company Adam decided to study business administration at Etown as he wanted a small school environment in order to develop close relationships with his professors.
In our finance lab, students invest real money in real companies. The Trostle Investment Fund now exceeds $400,000 and outpaces the S&P 500 stock index almost every quarter!
Today, when business schools focus too much on hard skills, we pay particular attention to developing our students’ soft skills: empathy, self-awareness, cross-cultural understanding, and ethics. Our Educate for Service motto is central to everything we do.
At Etown, we also show you how to create business value while respecting the environment and making sustainable decisions for your organization. Our alumnus Ryan Kiscaden '07 did just that:
BA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MBA
Ryan Kiscaden, executive director of Thermostat Recycling Corp. (TRC), is America's top expert on the replacement of mercury-containing thermostats and is known throughout the energy and HVACR industry as an expert on driving an organization that has been highly successful at removing hazardous mercury thermostats from the environmental stream.
As a business major at a liberal arts college, there is plenty for you to do outside of the classroom. Join a club, or step into the world with us on a short trip to Prague, Geneva, or Beijing to develop your cross-cultural understanding. Nothing develops your empathy and cross-cultural understanding better than going abroad.
Explore the local community on weekends, as we’re 20 minutes away from some of the most beautiful towns in America: Lancaster, Lititz, and Hershey. We’re also a short train ride away from Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and New York.
We used to work for companies. Big and small, finance and investment, marketing and accounting companies. Now we teach about them, research and write about them. Learn more about us.
We’re Pennsylvania’s most dynamic business program. Check us out!
A penny for your thoughts: if you have any questions, please email business@etown.edu for more information.
We’re one of only 3% of institutions worldwide and one of 20% of U.S. institutions accredited by ACBSP*. Our retention, graduation, and job placement rates can be found here.
*Accounting, Business Administration, and International Business are accredited; our newest programs, Business Analytics, Finance, Financial Economics, and Marketing, are not yet accredited.
Elizabethtown College has been recognized for its honorable commitment to helping undergraduate students learn, grow, and succeed by Colleges of Distinction, a unique guide for college-bound students. Specifically, Etown’s School of Business has received specialized recognition for its excellence in multidisciplinary education, practical experience, business ethics, dedicated advising, and high-impact practices.
Find out more about our Business programs at Etown and the Admissions events that we have coming up throughout the year!
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