Axe ’Em, Jacks!
The Nelson Rusche College of Business educates the leaders of tomorrow to meet the challenges of a dynamic global business environment.
At both the undergraduate and graduate level, you will benefit from our personalized student focus, incredible opportunities for intellectual and professional development and a career-focused curriculum that prepares you for real-world success.
Discover the path to business success that’s best for you.
Explore our areas of study below, including majors, minors and concentrations.
helps students combine their passions for sports and business.
Sports is more than just fun and games. It’s big business, too. Dr. Jason Reese uses a case study approach to give students the opportunity to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing the multibillion-dollar sports industry. Watch the full story.
The Mast Student Investment Roundtable is a national collegiate investment competition that provides finance students with hands-on experience in managing $400,000 of real money in an equity portfolio. Recently, an SFA student was featured on CNBC after being named the national winner.
Our Student Success Passport program is a valuable professional development and career readiness opportunity. Students earn points for internships, work experience, résumés, study abroad and student organization leadership. Scholarships are then awarded to top participants in each class.
SFA goes the extra step to help students prepare for job interviews, banquets, galas and other professional dinner settings by offering workshops on the do's and don’ts of dining, including proper attire and how to network with other guests.
Students come to college for experiences and to obtain knowledge that will increase their chances of getting a job. I feel the Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy has made that happen!
The small class sizes afforded me the opportunity to build lifelong relationships with my professors. I found the entire faculty to be as committed to my success as I was.
I feel the education I received has provided me with the knowledge, skills and confidence that make me not only competitive, but a leader in my chosen field of accounting.
Students come to college for experiences and to obtain knowledge that will increase their chances of getting a job. I feel the Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy has made that happen!
The small class sizes afforded me the opportunity to build lifelong relationships with my professors. I found the entire faculty to be as committed to my success as I was.
I feel the education I received has provided me with the knowledge, skills and confidence that make me not only competitive, but a leader in my chosen field of accounting.
Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, Mattress Firm
Marketing, Management
and International Business
Class of 1991
Steve Stagner, a 1991 graduate of SFA’s Nelson Rusche College of Business, is Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Mattress Firm, a company that operates more than 3,600 locations across the United States and has hired hundreds of SFA graduates. Stagner has been associated with Mattress Firm since 1995 and became CEO in 2010. He serves on the Rusche College of Business Advisory Council.