Sam M. Walton College of Business

Infobox University
name = Sam M. Walton College of Business
native_name = Walton College of Business


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established = 1926
type = Public
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dean = Dan Worrell
students = 2,800
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city = Fayetteville
state = Arkansas
country = USA
campus = University of Arkansas
affiliations = University of Arkansas
website = http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/|http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/

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 2007-2008 academic year, the tuition was $22.27 more than the other colleges [cite web |url=http://avcf.uark.edu/TREAWeb/tuition.asp?ssemester=Fall |title=Tuition and fees schedule|accessdate=2007-12-22] ) and its own Career Development Center [cite web |url=http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/careerdevelopment/ |title=Walton College Career Development Center Homepage |accessdate=2007-12-22] . 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 [ [http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/news/view.asp?article=455 Walton College reporting U.S. News and Report college survey results.] ] according to the Wall Street Journal, graduates make in excess of $43,000 in their first job after college [cite web |url=http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/careerdevelopment/default.asp?show=salarysurvey |title=Walton College Salary Survey |accessdate=2007-12-22 |format=HTML.]

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. ["Undergraduate Programs." Official Walton College Website. [http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/academics/undergrad.asp Website.] Retrieved on May 26 2008.]

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