As part of your education at Wartburg College, you will work through many of the ethical challenges now confronting the business world. You’ll be prepared to make and stand behind difficult decisions and gain hands-on experience sought by many employers.
You’ll also find career opportunities in today’s fast-paced business environment in fields like public or private accounting, finance, international business, government service, healthcare management, marketing, and nonprofit organizations.
You will benefit from small classes taught by professors who have experience and expertise in many aspects of business administration, accounting, and economics. Faculty members mentor students for careers as well as for active citizenship through classroom experience, internships, case studies, and undergraduate research.
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Business Department Fast Facts
1) RESUME BUILDING
More than 80 percent of the college’s business administration, accounting and economics majors complete at least one internship or field experience before graduating.
2) DEEP PROGRAM
Wartburg offers a wider variety of business courses (more than 50) than many larger private colleges.
3) CPA CREDIT HOURS
The accounting program is designed to help students complete the 150 credit hours required for the Certified Public Accountant license in four years instead of five or six as compared to other colleges and universities.
4) FOUR-YEAR TRACK
Nearly all students graduate in four years.
5) REAL EXPERIENCE
Students participate with hands-on projects and work with real clients.
6) FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Thirty-nine scholarships are awarded to business, accounting, and economics students beyond the Regents and Presidential awards.
7) LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
The department’s partnerships with the Institute for Leadership Education allows students to develop their management skills.
8) STOCK UP
Students invest the dividends and interest from a portfolio that has earned as much as $2 million in assets through the Portfolio Management Course. The Wartburg Trading Student Organization actively reviews stock performance through the TradingView economic calendar.
These students and alumni realized their purpose at Wartburg.
Alumni Outcomes
Sample of Alumni Positions from the Past Five Years:
Sample Stand-out Alumni Positions:
Sample of Alumni Positions from the Past 10 Years:
The Whitehouse Business Center houses the Business Administration, Accounting & Economics Department.
Students gain hands-on, real-world experience.
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Associate Professor of Business Administration / Department Chair
Associate Professor of Accounting, Carl and Dorothy Hagemann Endowed Professor in Business and Economics
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Associate Professor of Economics, James A. Leach Chair in Banking and Monetary Economics
Assistant Professor of Business & Finance
Associate Professor of Accounting
Emeriti Faculty: