oddsmaker90,
Economics & Business (E&B) majors are heavily recruited by employers. In fact, Career Services seems to cater extensively to E&B majors with major-specific career fairs, alumni dinner panels, networking nights in NYC, and amazing internship opportunities with members of our dedicated alumni network.
I actually know a few students who recently graduated and went directly into posh full-time investment banking positions in New York City. It really is amazing how respected our E&B program is by outside corporations, which may explain why 15% of students decide to major in E&B at Lafayette.
As for job placement, I can only provide statistics which reflect students of all majors in any given graduating class. For the Class of 2006, for instance, 61% went on to full-time employment, while about 25% went on to higher education.
Just to summarize, E&B is one of Lafayette's strongest academic departments (second behind Engineering).
The brand-new Policy Studies program seems very interesting. While its focus remains squarely on E&B, it goes beyond the typical E&B topics with its different themes of concentration. For more information on our Policy Studies program, check out
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~policystudies/ and also feel free to contact the Program Chair, Professor William M. Crain, at
crainm@lafayette.edu with questions.
Our International Affairs major is a combination of E&B, History, Government & Law, and a foreign language. We also offer a major which focuses on E&B and foreign language called "International Economics & Commerce" that you might be interested in. Our I.A. major is quite popular with those looking for a broad-based education.
Placement into higher education is something Lafayette is very proud to boast about! Let's examine placement into medical school as a representative example. Over the past ten years, those students with 3.6+ GPAs and competitive MCAT scores were accepted at a 93% rate. Those with GPAs in the range 3.2-3.6 were accepted at a 75% rate. Nationwide in 2006, only 48% of applicants were accepted by medical schools. Lafayette students applying to medical schools were accepted at a 75% rate in 2006.
Among applicants to law school in 2006, nationwide 64% of candidates were accepted. Of the Lafayette students applying to law school in 2006, 86% were accepted. I believe these numbers speak for themselves! Also be aware that Lafayette offers on-campus LSAT workshops and testing, as well as professional advising through our Office of Preprofessional Advising (more information here:
http://www.lafayette.edu/academics/d...dies/proadvis/).
As for your question regarding Indian students, I really can't provide an exact percentage of Indian students on campus. However, I do know many international students who are from India. While I wouldn't say there are "a lot" of Indians on campus, I wouldn't say that they are a scare minority, either. If you would like to speak with an Indian student personally to hear what they think, just let me know.
All the best,
- Justin