Our College at a Glance

Fall 2024 Enrollment:

• 1,897 Undergraduate Students
• 1,026 Graduate Students

Effectiveness:

• 82% of Cleveland State's graduates stay and work in greater Cleveland.
• Employment Data: Since 2020 CSU has not published employment data due to the impact of COVID-19, shifts in the scope of the central CSU Career Service Office, and structural changes at Cleveland State University. The Monte Ahuja College of Business does not offer a stand-alone career service office.
  • The Monte Ahuja College of Business plans to hire a full-time career professional by April 2025.
  • The College plans to create a yearly employment data survey in order to begin tracking business student employment data starting in fall 2025.
  • Since fall 2022, 18% of our overall student population has participated in business internship courses, earning academic credit for valuable internship experience. 

Academic Excellence:

• There are over 2,100 companies in the U.S. in which a CSU graduate has risen to the level of executive management.
• The Monte Ahuja College of Business is among 5% of business schools worldwide that have earned accreditation from AACSB International-the hallmark of excellence in management education.
• Our Accounting program is one of only 168 programs worldwide that have earned a specialized accreditation in accounting from AACSB International.
• 86% of our full-time faculty have a Ph.D., D.B.A., or other terminal business degrees.
• All classes are taught by highly-qualified faculty members.

Flexibility:

• Choices-We offer 14 undergraduate majors, 16 minors, 6 graduate programs, a doctoral program, 1 joint degree program and a number of certificate programs.
• Flexible scheduling options-classes offered during the day, evening, weekdays, and weekends, on-campus and at off-campus locations.
• We provide one fully online undergraduate program and five fully online graduate programs.
• The city is your campus-The college is part of a metropolitan university in the heart of downtown Cleveland.
• Log on, anywhere, anytime-All buildings on the CSU campus have wireless internet connections.

Value:

• Enjoy tuition costs below those of other business schools in Northeast Ohio.
• Enjoy a 4-year college experience without moving away from home.

About Our Students:

Undergraduate:

• The majority (84%) of our undergraduate students are full-time students.
• The average undergraduate class size is 40.
• 59% of undergraduate students are men, 41% are women
• 28% of undergraduate students are under-represented minorities**.
• 88% of our students are In-State, 12% are Out-of-State.
• The average age of our students is 25.

Graduate:

• 58% of our graduate students are full-time. 42% are part-time.
• The average graduate class size is 35.
• 60% of graduate students are men, 40% are women.
• 14% of graduate students are under-represented minorities.
• 45% of our graduate students are In-State and 55% are Out-of-State
• The average age of our students is 27.

**Under-represented minorities include students reporting as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or two or more races.