73 percent are in the top 5 percent of their class
87 percent are in the top 10 percent of their class
The mid 50 percent received scores of 1350 - 1490* on the Math plus Critical Reading components of the SAT
The mid 50 percent received ACT scores of 31-34

South Bend:

Average age, 37
Average work experience, 13 years
Female students, 19%
Minority students, 14%
Corporate Officers, 37%
Senior Managers, 17%
Other Professionals, 46%

Chicago:

Average age, 36
Average work experience, 14 years
Female students, 20%
Minority students, 11%
Corporate Officers, 23%
Senior Managers, 29%
Other Professionals, 48%

Undergraduate:

BusinessWeek Undergraduate Programs Ranking (2008)

• #3 among the nation's top undergraduate business schools

BusinessWeek Undergraduate Specialty Program Rankings (2008)

• #3 among the nation's top undergraduate accounting programs
• #5 among the nation's top undergraduate ethics programs
• #9 among the nation's top undergraduate business law programs

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Graduate Programs:

Aspen Institute - Beyond Grey Pinstripes (2007)

• #5 worldwide among the top-ranked 30 MBA programs

BusinessWeek - The Best B-Schools MBA Programs (2006)

• #26 among the top-ranked 30 graduate business schools
• # 6 - fastest return on investment

BusinessWeek - Nondegree Executive Education Custom Programs (2007)

• #15 worldwide among the top-ranked 20 Executive Education custom programs

Economist Intelligence Unit / The Economist Which MBA? ranking (2008)

• #34 among the top 100 global MBA programs
• #17 among U. S. MBA programs
  
• # 7 - "Potential to Network"

The Wall Street Journal Survey of Corporate Recruiters (2007)

• #14 among the top-ranked regional business schools
• #3 for recruiting MBAs with high ethical standards
• #9 for accounting
• #4 for corporate social responsibility

U.S. News & World Report - America's Best Colleges 2009 (Undergraduate)

• #17 of the best undergraduate business programs

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Student Awards and Achievements

• Rohit Jacob, Joel Rambaldini and Chris Ziener - all 2009 master of business administration (MBA) students - finished in first place at the first MBA case competition between MBA students from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame. The competition was designed, conducted, sponsored and judged by Bearing Point.

• Margot Woolley, Keith Flatley, Gabriel Kacarab, Rohit Jacob and Clint Branam – all first-year master of business administration (MBA) students – finished in first place and won $6,000 in the recent HABLA Case Competition hosted by the Johnson School at Cornell University.

• University of Notre Dame students Will McLeod (ND '08), Ryan Tatzel (ND '08) and Danielle Truskowski (ND '08) and 2007 graduate Michael Stacey (MBA '07), won the $10,000 grand prize in the inaugural “Indiana Collegiate Idol” business competition. Team SolarShade won for designing a technology that transforms windows and skylights into “smart windows” with changeable glazes at the touch of a button. SolarShade bested 15 other collegiate entries from across the state.

• Anne Marie Quast (MBA '08) was named one of the three best presenters in Baylor University's National MBA Case Competition in Ethical Leadership.

• The Department of Accountancy has awarded twenty scholarships to Fall 2007 junior accountancy majors. The scholarships are primarily merit-base and will consider overall GPA, business GPA, grades in two accountancy classes, and a brief essay. Funding for the scholarships is made available through the generosity of Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. (list of scholarship recipients)

• Lindsay Saelinger (Accountancy, ND '08) and Joseph Varchetto (Finance, ND '08) are the recipients of the 2007 Eugene D. Fanning Award. Their selection for this award is an acknowledgement of their achievements in the classroom and their success as students at Notre Dame. 

• Brynn Harris (MSA '06) and Allison Ogilvy (MBA '07) took the Grand Prize in the 2007 Arthur W. Page Society Case Writing Competition in Corporate Communications. Their case study, "Google: Entrance into the Chinese Market and Government Censorship" was selected from 39 entries.

• Department of Accountancy Senior Student Awards were given to 19 graduating accountancy students in May 2007. (list of award winners)

• Meghan Carter, Matthew McHale and Thomas Triscari (all MBA '07) won First Prize-Business Schools with "Bristol Myers Squibb: Patents, Profits and Public Scrutiny" in the 2007 Arthur W. Page Society Case Writing Competition in Corporate Communications.
  

Faculty

• Recent faculty awards listing
  

Accountancy

• BusinessWeek ranked the Notre Dame Accountancy Program 3rd in its 2008 ranking of undergraduate specialty programs.
  
• BusinessWeek ranked the Notre Dame Business Law program 9th in its 2008 ranking of undergraduate specialty programs.
  
• In its most recent ranking (2007), The Financial Times ranked Notre Dame's Department of Accountancy 7th in the world.
  
• The 2007 Public Accountancy Report ranked Notre Dame's undergraduate program 4th and MS Accountancy program #5 nationwide.
  
• In its most recent college report, U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2009, ranked Notre Dame's Undergraduate Accountancy Program #7 in the nation.
  
• The Wall Street Journal ranked the Notre Dame Accountancy Program 9th in the country in its most recent (Year 7) rankings.

Finance

• Undergraduate finance department ranked #19, U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2009
  

Management

• BusinessWeek ranked the Notre Dame Ethics Program 5th in its 2008 ranking of undergraduate specialty programs.
  
• Undergraduate management department ranked #15, U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2009

Marketing

• Undergraduate marketing department ranked #16, U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2009

Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

• Undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranked #19, U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2009
  
• IrishAngels network selected as a finalist for the 2004 USASBE National Outstanding Entrepreneurship Pedagogy award
  
• Recipient of NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, 2003

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