Accreditation

HCU’s Archie W. Dunham College of Business has earned accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

The DCOB now formally tracks outcomes such as retention, graduation, internships and job placement, strengthening both the student experience and the long term value of degrees earned by alumni.

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Dunham College of Business Mission, Vision and Values

Mission Statement

The mission of the Archie W. Dunham College of Business is to prepare business leaders with a Christian perspective to transform society and advance the kingdom of God.

Vision Statement

The vision of the Archie W. Dunham College of Business is to be recognized as a premier institution in educating and developing business talent.

Stated Values

The university represents its core convictions in the Ten Pillars 2030 document and in the current Five Imperatives  document, listed as follows:

  1. Growing Size and Place
  2. Preserving, Strengthening, and Integrating the Foundational Liberal Arts Disciplines of a Comprehensive Christian University
  3. Renewing Community Life and Culture
  4. Embracing the Marketplace
  5. Planning for Continuous Improvement

The Dunham College of Business supports these commitments by delivering business education to support student endeavors in a competitive marketplace. See our strategic plan for more information.

The values of the Dunham College of Business are presented below:

  • Faith integration: business planning and operations fit within the broader frame of spiritual realities and as elements of a holistic, created order that brings glory to God and flourishing to humankind.
  • Business as mission: alumni provide interpretation and guidance in social and business environments leading to ethical relations among people, concern for the physical environment, and redemptive systems of leadership/governance.
  • Responsiveness to markets: curriculum contributing meaningfully and significantly to local economic needs, expressed by employers.
  • Identity enhancement: stakeholders fit and find meaning by association, freely partaking of our productive work and making unique contributions in agreement with DCOB’s organizational values and commitments.
  • Personal responsibility and accountability: learning and community engagement requirements are clearly defined and assessed to facilitate personal growth intellectually, socially, and spiritually.

Program-Level Retention Over Time

Undergraduate Retention*

Three-year, fall-to-fall (FF), undergraduate business program retention rates with targets.

Program FF 2022- 2023 FF 2023-2024 FF 2024-2025** Minimum Target Retention Rate
Accounting (BBA) 84.6% 72.7% 65%
Business Administration (BA)** * 57.7% 75%
General Business (BA) 57.1% 69.7% *
Finance (BBA) 71.2% 74.5% 70%
International Business (BBA) 84.0% 79.2% 70%
Management (BBA) 61.2% 71.8% 70%
Marketing (BBA) 77.9% 77.4% 70%
Average 72.7% 71.9% 70%

* The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness reports these values during the Fall term. This table will be updated prior to the ACBSP site visit.**The name of the BA in General Business was changed to BA in Business Administration at the beginning of AY2023-2024.

Graduate Retention*

Retention Data for Graduate Programs Across Academic Years, Fall-to-Fall (F-F).

Program F-F 2022-2023 F-F 2023-2024 F-F 2024-2025* Minimum Target Retention Rate
Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) 58.8% 57.4% 75.0%
Master’s of Human Resources Management (MSHRM) 33.3% 90% 75.0%
Total 46.1% 73.7% 75.0%

*The Office of Institution Research and Effectiveness reports these values during the Fall term. This table will be updated prior to the ACBSP site visit

Program-Level Graduation Figures

Number of business graduates by level, degree, and major across three prior academic periods.

Level / Degree Major 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
Graduate 71 67 71
MBA 61 58 59
Business Administration 48 48 49
Data Analytics 13 10 10
MS 10 9 12
Human Resources Management 10 9 12
Undergraduate 95 97 83
BA 25 25 29
Business Administration 7 13 14
General Business 18 12 15
BBA 70 72 54
Accounting 7 8 10
Finance 15 15 6
International Business 6 6 4
Management 23 23 17
Marketing 19 20 17
Grand Total 166 164 154

Peregrine Assessment

Each link below will open a PDF of our Peregrine Assessment Data
Bachelor of Arts in Business and Bachelor of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Master of Science in Human Resource Management

 

Leadership, Faculty and Advisory Board

DCOB Leadership

Michael Rome, Dean of the College of Business | Director of Academic Partnerships

Greggory Keiffer, PhD: Executive Associate Dean

Yvette Garcia: Graduate Advising and Placement Coordinator

DCOB Faculty

Our faculty have doctoral degrees and decades of industry experience, which they are ready to impart to DCOB students.

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Advisory Board

Our advisory board brings together leaders from local government, journalism and a wide array of industries.

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