Inspiring Tomorrow’s Servant-Leaders in the Cornwall School of Business & Leadership at Taylor University
Doing good business is about confidence and character. Complete any of our business degrees to enter the world ready to excel as a Christian business leader.
Taylor’s business programs give you freedom to seek and explore your niche. Our curriculum offers the opportunity to create new products, analyze data for investments, create detailed marketing plans, and much more.
You will leave Taylor with a solid foundation in the principles of accounting, finance, business law, economics, marketing, and management.
Prepare for future careers while you’re at Taylor. Our required practicums expose business students to real-world organizations.
Many business students who complete practicums receive job offers from their employers before they graduate.
Academic advisors have connected previous students to positions at:
Increase your international understanding of business to a global scale. Taylor offers both long- and short-term overseas experiences:
Tour facilities, train novice entrepreneurs, meet company executives, and grapple with the business challenges on a global scale.
Graduates of Taylor University’s business department have gone on to work at many big-name organizations such as:
Find your major’s page for a list of potential positions for which you will be qualified.
Alumni and employers regularly call the department, asking for graduates they can hire. The Calling and Career Office also has many connections to place students in the best position for their calling.
With a success rate of 97%, nearly all Taylor business students find post-graduation jobs, internships, and graduate school placements.
Our business graduates have been accepted into some of the nation’s most prestigious business, law, and economics graduate schools.
Top 25 business schools:
Highly regarded law schools:
Nationally ranked economics schools:
The Business Department regularly hosts meet-and-greet events with alumni and business leaders, offering students a chance to network with others in the industry. These connections often lead to practicums, internships, and fulltime jobs.
At the Cornwall School of Business & Leadership, we help you reach your goals. From semester-long courses to prepare for the CPA exam, to practicum experiences, to extensive alumni networking connections—you’ll be ready to confidently work in business.
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom. Prepare to enter the business world with confidence.
Join Promising Ventures to connect with professionals and create experiences. Accelerate your entrepreneurial aspirations, forge network connections, and uncover internship opportunities.
The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship hosts enterprising events to inspire entrepreneurship. With Trojan Arena, students share their best business ideas to complete for a financial investment prize.
Get experience managing an investment fund. This is an applied course in equity analysis and portfolio management. You will help set objectives, strategy, and selection criteria for managing over $5 million of Taylor’s Endowment Fund.
You and your peers will produce quarterly reports and meet with the Board of Trustees. You can even compete in New York City at the national QGAME forum, where judges evaluate brokerage statements and calculate the risk-adjusted return of the portfolio.
Develop skills and enhance your resume. Taylor’s SHRM Student Chapter is a professional development, service-oriented organization.
As a student member, you help facilitate chapter events such as Learning to Network, Navigating LinkedIn, and more. You also work alongside other campus organizations at a variety of events.
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom. Prepare to enter the business world with confidence.
Join Promising Ventures to connect with professionals and create experiences. Accelerate your entrepreneurial aspirations, forge network connections, and uncover internship opportunities.
The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship hosts enterprising events to inspire entrepreneurship. With Trojan Arena, students share their best business ideas to complete for a financial investment prize.
Get experience managing an investment fund. This is an applied course in equity analysis and portfolio management. You will help set objectives, strategy, and selection criteria for managing over $5 million of Taylor’s Endowment Fund.
You and your peers will produce quarterly reports and meet with the Board of Trustees. You can even compete in New York City at the national QGAME forum, where judges evaluate brokerage statements and calculate the risk-adjusted return of the portfolio.
Develop skills and enhance your resume. Taylor’s SHRM Student Chapter is a professional development, service-oriented organization.
As a student member, you help facilitate chapter events such as Learning to Network, Navigating LinkedIn, and more. You also work alongside other campus organizations at a variety of events.
Learn how we are preparing the next generation of excellent Christian business professionals for marketplace ministry.
There are a variety of scholarship opportunities for students pursuing a business degree at Taylor.
Dr. Alice Tsang Featured on WalletHub
Faculty members at Taylor University are not only skilled professors, but also experts in their field. Dr. Alice Tsang, Professor of Finance, has been featured multiple times on WalletHub as a financial expert. Tsang’s knowledge of financial literacy helps individuals make smart financial decisions and teaches Taylor students to handle money in a responsible and God-honoring way.
WalletHub is a personal finance company that creates tools and other resources to help consumers live financially healthy lives. Over 80 million visitors access the site each month.
Vandermuelen Innovation Hub
New in the fall of 2024, the Vandermuelen Innovation Hub houses The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in Horne Academic Center. This state-of-the-art meeting and collaboration room allows space for students to work on ideas, network with guests, and host events that encourage innovative thinking.
The heartbeat behind the CIE is the Ignite student team, featured here. Come stop by the Innovation Hub and see what it's all about!
Hodson Dean of the Cornwall School of Business & Leadership
Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Sport Management
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Professor of Entrepreneurship
Assistant Professor of Economics
Professor of Management
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Associate Professor of Management
Associate Professor of Accounting
Professor of International Business and Management
Professor of Finance
Assistant to the Associate Dean of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership
Instructor of Kinesiology and Sport Management
Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Operations Manager
Taylor Student Wins Award from National Society for Human Resource Management Organization
Taylor University student Abbie Cormier '26 won the 2024 Exploration Award from the national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) organization.
Taylor Students Make Impact in Costa Rica
During January term of 2024, 11 students led by Dr. Mick Bates traveled to Costa Rica where they participated in business as mission (BAM) and worked in cross-cultural service opportunities.
13 Taylor Students Awarded Orr Fellowships
These students represent the largest-ever group of Taylor students offered Orr Fellowships, which are full-time paid positions with Indianapolis companies while building valuable connections with experienced professionals.
Dr. Jody Hirschy Awarded by Christian Business Faculty Association
Dr. Jody Hirschy, Associate Dean of Business and Leadership and Professor of Marketing, was awarded the Teaching Award at the 2023 Christian Business Faculty Association Conference.
Professor Alice Tsang Featured in WalletHub Article
Alice Tsang, Professor of Finance in the Business Department at Taylor, was featured as an “Expert Opinion” in a WalletHub piece about Best Personal Loans.
Shark Tank 2023: Bigger, Better, and Given a New Name
The 10th edition of Shark Tank was held on November 2, 2023, with higher attendance, more judges, and an increase in prize money. It was also renamed from Shark Tank to Trojan Arena.
Bigger Splash Coming to Shark Tank Event
On November 2, the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be hosting the campus’ tenth Shark Tank event with more judges, higher prizes, and greater opportunities.
Student-Crafted Disc Golf Course Installed at Taylor
Frank Smith, a senior Marketing major and a talented minor league disc golf player, has combined his business experience with his love for his sport by creating a Taylor University disc golf course and club.
Taylor Student Wins Award from National Society for Human Resource Management Organization
Taylor University student Abbie Cormier '26 won the 2024 Exploration Award from the national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) organization.
Taylor Students Make Impact in Costa Rica
During January term of 2024, 11 students led by Dr. Mick Bates traveled to Costa Rica where they participated in business as mission (BAM) and worked in cross-cultural service opportunities.
13 Taylor Students Awarded Orr Fellowships
These students represent the largest-ever group of Taylor students offered Orr Fellowships, which are full-time paid positions with Indianapolis companies while building valuable connections with experienced professionals.
Dr. Jody Hirschy Awarded by Christian Business Faculty Association
Dr. Jody Hirschy, Associate Dean of Business and Leadership and Professor of Marketing, was awarded the Teaching Award at the 2023 Christian Business Faculty Association Conference.
Professor Alice Tsang Featured in WalletHub Article
Alice Tsang, Professor of Finance in the Business Department at Taylor, was featured as an “Expert Opinion” in a WalletHub piece about Best Personal Loans.
Shark Tank 2023: Bigger, Better, and Given a New Name
The 10th edition of Shark Tank was held on November 2, 2023, with higher attendance, more judges, and an increase in prize money. It was also renamed from Shark Tank to Trojan Arena.
Bigger Splash Coming to Shark Tank Event
On November 2, the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be hosting the campus’ tenth Shark Tank event with more judges, higher prizes, and greater opportunities.
Student-Crafted Disc Golf Course Installed at Taylor
Frank Smith, a senior Marketing major and a talented minor league disc golf player, has combined his business experience with his love for his sport by creating a Taylor University disc golf course and club.