Marietta College

What you'll study

Students take a rigorous departmental curriculum alongside Marietta’s liberal arts core. Course work and experiential elements give majors grounding in job design and production planning, strategy formulation and execution, operational planning, human resource development, and team building and utilization. Hands-on options include internships and a senior capstone with two alternatives:

• Business Policies and Practices — focus on formulating and executing strategy in domestic and international markets.
• Business Consulting — student teams act as consultants for local businesses and deliver public presentations of findings and recommendations.

Additional applied experiences include the PioPitch program for entrepreneurs, leadership development through the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business, and presentation of research and capstone work during the campus-wide All Scholars Day.

Entry requirements

The programme sits within Marietta’s Department of Business & Economics and requires completion of the college’s liberal arts core plus the departmental major curriculum. Specific course and credit requirements are detailed in the department’s undergraduate requirements and degree audit materials.

Career prospects

Graduates move into management-related roles across industries and into graduate study. Marietta reports 95% of Management graduates since 2020 were employed or attending graduate school within six months of graduation; the cited U.S. mid-career average salary for Management graduates is $80,200. Employers and internship hosts named by the department include Amazon, Disney World, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Hino Motors, Peoples Bank, PNC Bank, Sherwin-Williams, and Timken Corp. Alumni have progressed to graduate programs at institutions such as Duke, The George Washington University, Ohio State and University of Michigan, and into professions including HR, consulting, finance and organizational roles.

Scholarships & funding angle (general)

The Business & Economics department and college offer scholarships targeted at business majors. Named awards include the Jules Bourmorck and Julia Bourmorck Staats Memorial Scholarship (for juniors or seniors in economics, management, or accounting), the Douglas C. Greene Scholarship, the Dean's Choice Scholarship (for a senior accounting major entering a specified MBA program), the Economics, Management, and Accounting Department Scholarship for juniors and seniors, and the Bert T. Glaze Scholarship for demonstrated pre-professional achievement. Many departmental scholarships are awarded after the first year; students are encouraged to consult the department and Career Center about funding and paid internship opportunities.