BSBA Exit Exam Benchmark Summary (Website)

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1	BSBA Exit Exam Benchmark Summary				Percentile Rank
2	July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025				AACSB	Public
3	N=929			WCOB Total BSBA Exit Exam Score	93rd	94th
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5		Percentile Rank			Percentile Rank			Percentile Rank
6	Topic/Subtopic	AACSB	Public	Topic/Subtopic	AACSB	Public	Topic/Subtopic	AACSB	Public

7	Accounting	98th	98th	Business Communications	85th	89th	Business Ethics	85th	86th
8	Accounting Data Analysis	98	99	Cross-Cultural Communications	81	88	Conflict of Interest	90	92
9	Balance Sheet Analysis	90	91	Nonverbal Communications	78	78	Corporate Ethics and Climate	85	84
10	Compliance in Accounting	95	95	Oral and Written Communications	71	75	Discrimination	93	93
11	Dividends, Stocks, and Bonds	93	95	Organizational Communications	75	79	Ethical Climate	81	80
12	Financial Statement Analysis (calc)	68	69	The Communication Process	78	82	Ethical Decision-Making	65	65
13	Interest, Income, and Debt	86	85				Ethical Issues (repeat) (concept)	69	68
14	Journal Entries	95	96				Ethical Standards	69	69
15	Management of Accounting	95	97
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17	Business Finance	96th	95th	Economics: Macroeconomics	94th	97th	Economics: Microeconomics	97th	98th
18	Asset Valuation and Inventory	85	84	Consumer Spending and Consumer Price Index	86	90	Microeconomic Trends and Analysis	93	96
19	Balance Sheets and Financial Statements	96	96	Economics Trends and Forecasting	91	93	Price, Cost, and Profit	86	89
20	Business Analysis Ratios and Calculations	77	78	Employment and Labor Supply	83	88	Spending and Saving	91	95
21	Interest and Dividends	85	81	Gross Domestic Product: Calculation, Use, Analysis	94	97	Supply and Demand	82	95
22	Profit, Loss, Cash Flow, and Margins	93	92	Inflation and Recession	95	97
23	Stocks and Bonds	95	96	Interest Rates, Investment, and Fiscal Policy	84	87
24	Tax Rates, Taxes, and Tax Codes	91	92	International Trade	88	92
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26	Global Dimensions of Business	96th	97th	Information Management Systems	84th	85th	Legal Environment of Business	92nd	89th
27	Foreign Direct Investment and Trade	86	86	Artificial Intelligence	80	76	Antitrust	82	78
28	International Corporate Strategies	88	92	Data and Information	88	86	Civil and Criminal Processes	82	78
29	International Governance and Regulation	94	94	Executive and Decision-Support Systems	83	84	Consumer Protection	86	85
30	International Patents and Protections	94	94	Expert Systems	70	68	Equal Employment Opportunity	73	66
31	Multinational Culture	93	92	Info. Management Processes & Procedures	74	78	Financial Regulation	78	78
32				Internal and External Networks	70	70	Government Regulation of Businesses	75	63
33				Simulation Analysis	80	79	Legal Agreements and Documents	92	90
34				Software and Hardware	83	87	Liability	95	95
35				Telecommunications	83	84	Types of Business Organizations	96	95
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37	Management: Human Resource Mgt	86th	84th	Management: Operations/Production Mgt	82nd	83rd	Management: Organizational Behavior	79th	76th
38	HR Manager Roles and Responsibilities	79	76	Continuous Improvement	70	59	Corporate Culture and Climate (Interp)	64	65
39	HR Planning	79	78	Cost Control	77	72	Individual and Group Dynamics	73	71
40	Recruiting and Retention of Employees	77	75	Data Analysis Tools	94	95	Organizational Charts and Structure	77	74
41	Staffing Decisions	83	81	Quality Management	80	82	Organizational Mission, Vision, & Values	77	75
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43	Marketing	93rd	93rd	Quantitative Research Techniques & Statistics	95th	97th
44	Marketing Research, Planning, and Strategy	97	97	Descriptive Statistics	95	97
45	People	83	80	Hypothesis Testing	82	86
46	Place	72	73	Inferential Statistics	92	96
47	Price	87	90	Population Sampling	86	90
48	Product	82	85	Probability	92	96
49	Promotion	89	89	Significance Levels	85	88
50				Type I and Type II Errors	87	92
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53	* AACSB Comparison Group = 5,040 test takers from 26 AACSB accredited schools				https://business.appstate.edu/about/accreditation/assurance-learning
54	** Public Comparison Group = 20,820 test takers at 80 publicly owned universities
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