- In June 1977, the college received approval for the newly designed MBA and MS in Accountancy programs, which began in Fall 1977. By at least the mid 2000s, the MBA program would be consistently named an ‘excellent choice’ for an MBA by the Princeton Review, and the accounting program had received the highest pass rates for the CPA exam.
- At that time, approval was also granted for a BSBA in Information Systems, with the first four students graduating in Spring 1977. In 1984, the Department of Decision Sciences would be established and later become the Department of Computer Information Systems.
- The Healthcare Management major was also approved, with 20 students graduating in Spring 1977. The major would later transition to the Beaver College of Health Sciences.
- A chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international business honor society for schools accredited by AACSB International, was established at App State.
