Core #4 · Full school dossier

Miami University

Farmer School of Business · Oxford, Ohio

Portfolio verdict: Excellent undergraduate business experience with strong internship/placement metrics plus a genuine full-cost scholarship lottery ticket.

Undergraduates

16,455 Oxford undergraduates (Fall 2025)

Business scale

~1,200 FSB graduates/year; large undergraduate business school

Setting

College town

Admission estimate

95% planning estimate

Cost works if admitted

23% planning estimate

Early route

EA I Nov. 1

Program lens

What business actually looks like here

Program strength: Nationally recognized undergraduate business school; current FSB materials emphasize undergraduate focus and strong public-business rankings

Major options: Accountancy, Business Analytics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Capital Management & Leadership, Information Systems, Marketing, Supply Chain/Operations

Program admission: Direct FSB admission competitive; Fall 2025 middle 50% direct entrants SAT 1230–1370, GPA 3.71–4.23

Experiential learning

Work before graduation

Model: 100% hands-on learning starting first year; real clients/projects; 30+ business organizations

Internship / co-op: 96% of Farmer students have at least one internship; Class of 2024 averaged 1.49 internships

Distinctive feature: Current 1460 is above Farmer's published direct-entry SAT 75th percentile

Career outcomes

Where the degree tends to lead

Placement: Class of 2024: 96.8% positive outcomes; 300+ employers sought graduates

Compensation: Class of 2024 average total compensation incl. bonus: $73,219; Finance $78,504

Employment geography: Employer list includes Deloitte, EY, Fidelity, Fifth Third, JPMorgan, P&G, PwC and others; broad corporate pipeline

Money

How this becomes financially usable

Need / institutional aid: Merit-heavy path for the family's near-zero parent-cost target

Merit / jackpot route: Presidential Fellows is a true high-upside full-cost-style route; extremely competitive

Family rule: the relevant question is not “Is there scholarship money?” It is whether tuition + campus living can be solved for all eight semesters with only a small student contribution.

Fit

What matters specifically for him

Closer to a classic undergraduate business-school experience; medium-large institution, though Oxford remains a college town.

What could change the ranking: The financial route is much less predictable than DePauw/Centre without Presidential Fellows or another unusually strong package.