Poets&Quants Top Business Schools

University of Dayton School of Business Administration

#54

Contact our general manager with any questions. Profile updated: March 8, 2023.

Contact Information

Location:
300 College Park
Dayton, Ohio 45469
Admissions Office:
937-229-1000

Tuition & Fees In-State: $184,680*

Tuition & Fees Out-of-State: $Not Reported*

Average Debt: 19,000

International: 1%

Minority: 12%

First generation college students: 5%

Acceptance Rate: 76%

Acceptance Rate Transfers: Not Reported%

Average SAT: 1,217

Average ACT: 26

Average GPA: 3.76

HS Class Top Ten: 13%**

*The total cost of the degree over four years for the most recent graduating class inclusive of school fees, room, board, or living expenses.

** HS Class Top Ten is the percent of the student population that graduated high school in the top ten percent of their class.

*** Please note that these statistics are provided for the business school major only whenever possible. If a school does not track these statistics separately, then the university-wide statistics are provided.

The University of Dayton landed at 54th in Poets&Quants‘ 2023 ranking, down from 49th in 2022. The school ranked 34th for Academic Experience, 38th for Career Outcomes, and 77th for Admissions.

Dayton has an acceptance rate of around 76% and over 2,150 enrolled students. Average SAT score for the most recent class is 1240, and average ACT is 26. The class GPA average is 3.76, and more than 13% of the class were in the top 10% of their high school graduating class.

According to Dayton, 99% of undergraduate business students are employed, in grad school, or in a full-time service program within six months of graduation, while 91% complete an internship prior to graduation. The school boasts 10 student-focused experiential learning centers or programs, and 100% student participation in what it terms “meaningful experiential learning activities.” The school also has 22 business-sponsored student clubs and organizations “representing every interest.”

HOME OF THE INCREDIBLE FLYER FUND

Dayton is perhaps most famous for its Flyer Fund, the largest student-managed portfolio in the United States. First launched in 1999 as a small, $1 million fund, by 2010 the Flyer Fund was worth more than $11 million. By 2015, the fund was valued at $22 million, with a portion coming from the university’s endowment and a pool of assets for the Dayton Foundation, a local nonprofit.

The fund really took off in 2021, gaining 63% in a single year to more than $50 million. Through fall 2021, the fund gained another 13.8% to reach a high of $67.8 million.

“It’s a pretty unbelievable group,” says Dayton School of Business Administration Dean Trevor Collier of the dozens of students who work in the Davis Center each year. “Not only are they putting the hours in the Center, but they actually enjoy most of the hours that they’re putting in. If you were in the building right now and we were to walk down into the Center, at least one, maybe two students would jump up, introduce themselves to you, and give you about a two-minute elevator pitch about the center.”

AVERAGE DEBT FOR DAYTON GRADS: $19K

Four years of tuition at Dayton costs just over $180K, and total cost for a degree comes to $257,240. Nearly all students — 97% — receive some scholarship assistance, with the average amount exceeding $30K.

Graduates of the last two graduating classes (2021 and 2022) make an average $57,571; they also carry an average debt amount of around $19K.

Five percent of the current class are first-generation college students, and 12% are under-represented minorities. Thirty-four percent are women.