PhD Placement and Alumni

Our graduates go on to successful and rewarding careers in academia, ranging from teaching colleges to research-intensive universities, both in the United States and abroad.

Our academic placement rate from 2002 to 2024 is 98 percent. The following lists provide examples of where our PhD graduates have found employment and made an impact between those years, broken down by our PhD concentration areas.

Initial Accounting Placements Since 2002
  • Fordham University
  • Georgetown University
  • Indiana University
  • Northwestern University
  • Texas A&M University
  • State University of New York, Buffalo
  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Houston
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Waterloo
  • Virginia Polytechnic University
Initial Finance Placements Since 2002
  • California State University, Fullerton
  • Clemson University
  • Erasmus University, Rotterdam
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • Oregon State University
  • Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
  • Stanford University (postdoc)
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Arkansas
  • University of New Hampshire
  • University of Virginia
  • Washington State University
Initial Management Placements Since 2002
  • City University of New York
  • Drexel University
  • INSEAD (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires)
  • Iowa State University
  • Louisiana State University
  • Penn State University
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • University of Montana
  • University of New Hampshire
Initial Marketing Placements Since 2002
  • BI Norwegian Business School
  • Boise State University
  • Clemson University
  • Duke University (post-doc)
  • Fairfield University
  • Oregon State University
  • Temple University
  • Texas Christian University
  • University of Dayton
  • University of Manitoba
  • University of Wyoming
Initial Operations and Business Analytics Placements Since 2002
  • Cal Poly Pomona
  • Cleveland State University
  • Northeastern Illinois University
  • Pacific University
  • Providence College
  • University of Colorado, Denver

PhD Alumni

DEPARTMENT

1962–1981

1982–2001

2002–2024

Total

Accounting

21

28

33

82

Finance

13

21

25

59

Management

24

37

25

86

Marketing

32

35

34

101

Operations and Business Analytics*

3

18

6

27

All Departments

93

139

123

355

*Previously "Decision Sciences"