Rowland School of Business Fact Sheet

Background

Beginning in 1960 as a junior college, Point Park offered two-year degrees in business and accounting. The bachelor’s degree programs in these majors were established in 1966 as Point Park became a four-year, baccalaureate degree-granting college. Located in West Penn Hall, the Rowland School of Business at Point Park University currently offers one doctoral degree program, four master’s degree programs, 12 bachelor’s degree programs and 18 minors.

Some Key Achievements:

First school within the University to offer a co-op program to Point Park students
Academic partnership with Stage AE since 2011
Launched Pioneer Records, the University's student-run record label, in 2015 and opened campus headquarters in 2023
Established a Center for Veteran's Excellence, including a female veteran resource fund
Created a Women In Industry Speaker Series
Created an esports club
Won first place in the 2024 America250PA Direct Effect™ Innovation Challenge
Launched the following programs:
- Rising Brothers and Sisters program
- Launched partnership with Pittsburgh Steelers legend Willie Parker and 39 Legends Foundation
- Chuck Cooper and Josh Gibson Center for Equity and Education
- Allegheny Conference on Economic Development student program
- Cultural and Academic Immersion program
- First National Bank Emerging Leaders program
- First National Bank Scholarship and other various scholarships
- Mon Valley Hospital Health Care Administration and Management program partnership
- PNC Bank Women in Business partner program
- Rowland School of Business Academic Academy
- Student ambassador program
- Urban Accounting Initiative
- YMCA financial literacy program

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Rowland School of Business

Enrollment (Fall 2024)

Undergraduate: 497
Graduate: 172

Bachelor's Degrees

Accounting (also offered fully online)
Applied Computer Science (also offered fully online)
Aviation Management
Business Administration (also offered fully online)
Business Management (also offered fully online)
Economics and Finance
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Human Resource Management (also offered fully online)
Marketing and Sales (also offered fully online)
Organizational Leadership (offered fully online or in a hybrid format)
Public Administration (offered fully online or in a hybrid format)
Sports, Arts, Entertainment & Music Business

Minors

Accounting
Applied Computer Science (formerly Information Technology)
Business Management
Digital Marketing
Community Engagement and Social Change (interdisciplinary)
Economics
EMS Administration
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Fire Service Administration
Hospitality Management
Human Resource Management
Marketing
Nonprofit Management
Professional Sales
Public Administration
Sports, Arts, Entertainment & Music Business
Women's and Gender Studies (interdisciplinary)

Post-Baccalaureate Degrees

Accounting
Business Management
Human Resource Management
Marketing and Sales

Certificate Programs

Public Administration
Healthcare Systems Management
International Business Management
Management
Marketing
Digital Marketing
Professional Sales

Master’s Degrees

Master of Business Administration (also offered fully online)
Master of Science in Health Care Administration and Management (fully online only)
Master of Science in Information Systems and Business
Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (fully online only)

Doctoral Degrees

Low-Residency Ph.D. in Community Engagement

Accreditation

The Rowland School of Business is accredited through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) for its Master of Business Administration degree, Master of Science in Health Care Administration and Management degree, Bachelor of Science Post Baccalaureate degrees in Accounting, Business Management and Human Resources Management, and its Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting, Applied Computer Science, Business Management, Economics and Finance, Human Resource Management, Marketing and Sales, and Sports, Arts, Entertainment & Music Business.

Student Groups

Graduate Student Association
Phi Beta Lambda (business club)
Sports, Arts and Entertainment Management Club
Student Accounting Association
Student Human Resources Association

Faculty

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