Fact Sheet

Mission

The Marriott School's four-fold mission is:

Education	To attract, develop and place men and women of faith, character and professional ability who will become outstanding leaders capable of dealing with change in a dynamic, global environment.
Research	To advance knowledge by building on strong conceptual foundations to identify and solve critical management problems, focusing special attention on global, technological and entrepreneurial drivers.
Outreach	To extend the blessings of management education to members of the worldwide church.
Friendship	To develop friends for the university and church around the world through service in professional organizations and by collaborating in the development of management-education programs.

School

Recognized around the world as one of the best places to hire graduates with high ethical standards, BYU believes that development of character is the highest aim of education. An emphasis on strong moral and spiritual values along with essential management skills prepares graduates to join a dynamic global workforce.

• Became the School of Management in 1975
• Was named for Marriott Corporation founders J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott in 1988
• Is housed in the N. Eldon Tanner Building, a seven-story, 220,000-square foot, granite building located on the BYU campus in Provo, Utah. The building was expanded in 2008 to accommodate a growing number of business students

Students

• Approximately 2,200 undergraduate students and nearly 1,000 graduate students are enrolled in the Marriott School.
• Nearly two-thirds of the students are bilingual, and many have lived abroad.
• The school enrolls approximately 10 percent international students.
• Students have access to three centers that allow them to gain an added edge: the Whitmore Global Management Center, the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology and the Center for Economic Self-Reliance.

Rankings

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G R A D U A T E

Degrees

Undergraduate Degrees

• BS Management
  - Minor in Management
  - Minor in Strategy
• BS Accountancy
• BS Information Systems
• BS Recreation Management and Young Leadership
  - Minor in Nonprofit Management

Graduate Programs

• Master of Business Administration
• Executive Master of Business Administration
• Master in Public Administration
• Executive Master of Public Administration
• Master of Accountancy
• Master of Information System Management
• Master of Youth and Family Recreation

Faculty

• The school has 143 full-time faculty and 87 adjunct, part-time or visiting faculty. More than 85 percent of full-time faculty have PhDs.
• Many of the faculty are recognized experts and have served as president or chair of professional organizations such as:
  – American Accounting Association – Kevin D. Stocks
  – American Academy of Management – David A. Whetten
  – American Taxation Association – Robert L. Gardner
  – National Task Force on Telecommunications Taxation – Gary C. Cornia
  – Association of Certified Fraud Examiners – W. Steve Albrecht

Publications

• Economic Self-Reliance—a new semi-annual practitioner focused publication that highlights research and best practices
• Marriott Alumni Magazine—a tri-annual publication that showcases innovative business research and ideas as well as news from the school and alumni

Alumni

• The school has nearly 50,000 alumni.
• Roughly 1,000 alumni actively mentor students each year through the school’s mentor program.
• More than 500 alumni and friends are involved with the school’s National Advisory Council and program-specific advisory boards.
• The BYU Management Society links managers, executives, lawyers, accountants, bankers, investors and other professionals together. Committed to growing moral and ethical leadership around the world, this organization is dedicated to lifelong learning, service, networking and supporting BYU.