School of Business

The Shields School of Business enables students and graduates to know more, do more, and be more. Our credo is to enable you to be successful in business, while being educated in the Franciscan tradition where there is a mind for excellence, a heart for service, and spirit for peace and justice. We deliver a high-caliber, student-centric and values-based business education. Our graduates have the knowledge, skills, love of learning, confidence, drive, and ethical and moral values needed to be spiritually fulfilled in life and successful in professional careers.

School Highlights
Choose from our six undergraduate business degrees including:
Accounting
Economics
Finance
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Undergraduate students have the option to complete their MBA degree, MHRM degree, or Online MHRM degree within five years.
We offer hands-on business consulting, internships and other opportunities to give you the head start you need to a promising career in business.
Our nationally ranked ENACTUS team is committed to teaching others about how the free enterprise system works ethically in the global economy.

For more information

Dr. Randy Frye
Dean, Shields School of Business
E-mail Dr. Frye
Phone: 814.472.3041

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Accredited Degrees

Saint Francis University has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), located in Lenexa, Kansas. The business programs in the following degrees are accredited by the IACBE:
Master of Business Administration (MBA), with concentrations in Accounting, Finance, Healthcare Management, Human Resource Management, Information Management, Labor Relations, and Marketing.
Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM)
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Majors in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing
View our IACBE Public Disclosure of Student Learning Form Summary Results 2015-2016

Singing to her own tune

Sydney Petro loves to sing for special events, but upon her graduation in 2018, she has even bigger plans to become an event planner in Pittsburgh, using her marketing degree to help along the way.

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HR Game Changer

2002 Management grad Jason Hite was named a “2016 Game Changer" by Workforce Magazine.

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A Family-Fun Weekend

Join us for a full weekend of fun activities planned for you and your family from Friday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 2!

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Back to school

The move-in dust has settled, and our students are getting down to business with the first week of classes already under their belts!

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Extra, Extra!

The Spring/Summer 2016 issue of the Saint Francis University Magazine has hit the shelves (and is in the mail)!

Catch up on all the latest stories in this issue

Giving homeless a FareStart

What do Seattle's "most socially responsible crouton" and Saint Francis University have in common? Bill Adamucci (Economics '66), that's what.

Bill Adamucci Profile

Already reaching higher, striving to go far

Desmend, an incoming freshman in the petroleum and natural gas engineering program, is no stranger to Saint Francis University. Participating in the University’s Upward Bound Program, he was one of only 1,000 scholarship recipients, out of 53,000 applicants across the U.S.

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More than just numbers

For the past five decades Sam Ranaudo has been helping families plan for and enjoy their futures. As a chartered financial consultant, he takes pride in knowing that his advice has put generations of families through school; has prepared couples for retirement; and has provided for families in some of their most dismal times.

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Poland Bound: World Youth Day 2016

Matthew Fraley (Digital Media/Marketing major) has been selected to take part in the Knights Pilgrimage to Krakow and World Youth Day 2016. Congratulations!

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Eyeing the Goal

Jose Pablo Medina came to Saint Francis University from Mexico City, Mexico to play Division I Soccer and now is on the cusp of leaving it as a young investment banker executive with Bank of America – Merrill Lynch.

Jose Medina Profile

On a Mission

During her time at Saint Francis University, alumna Leah Kessler was heavily involved in clubs and activities. Now, she is spending time on mission trips, serving as a representative for Bausch + Lomb, where she currently works.

Alumni Profile Leah Kessler

Nationals, here we come.

The Saint Francis University chapter of ENACTUS is headed to the National Exposition after winning the title “Regional Champions” in the ENACTUS Regional Competition.

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Happy 10th anniversary, Spring Break in London!

Founded 10 years ago by Dr. Frye, Dean of the School of Business, the Spring Break trip to London celebrated its 10th anniversary. Over the 10 ten years, approximately 210 students have made memories and experienced life abroad in London.

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