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, when in October 1998, the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation made a $50 million upfront cash gift. This was the largest ever given to a public business college. This established the "Sam M. Walton College of Business Administration", but the name was shorted to the "Sam M. Walton College of Business" in 2000. It was originally established in 1926 as the School of Business Administration.
The Sam M. Walton College of Business is ranked as the 26th top public business school in the nation, and is ranked 43th among all public and private schools. The Information Systems department is ranked 1st in the world for research productivity in top journals and has been consistently recognized among the top 5 Information Systems departments. It has also been recognized for its 13th ranked Marketing program amoung all US business schools (6th among public schools), 19th ranked Corporate Strategy program (6th among public schools),11th ranked Accounting program in its division, 19th ranked public Supply Chain Management program , and 39th ranked public Masters in Business Administration program.Â
The College has its own special tuition (as of the 2009â€"2010 academic year, the tuition was $25.05 per credit hour more than the other colleges) and its own Career Development Center. 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 in results published by US News and World Report. According to the Wall Street Journal, graduates make in excess of $43,000 in their first job after college.
Notable alumni
- Justin Boyd, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Fort Smith; a pharmacist in Alma, Arkansas
- Bart Hester, Arkansas state senator since 2013 from District 1 in Benton County
- Doug McMillon, Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart
- Marshall Wright, Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 49; lawyer based in St. Francis County
References
External links
- Official website
