NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business was awarded the top spot on Bloomberg Businessweek’s sixth annual ranking of “The Best Undergraduate Business Schools.” Rounding out the top five are University of Virginia (McIntire), Emory (Goizueta), University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), and Cornell University (Dyson).
"We've seen one common theme in our 2011 rankings: prospective students are increasingly seeking undergraduate business school programs that provide international experience," said Josh Tyrangiel, editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. "This year's rankings reflect programs that have undertaken efforts to answer the call from students by enhancing their international curriculum."
For the second year in a row, Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business tops the list, in large part because of the school's 98% job placement rate three months after graduation and student satisfaction that’s higher than any other school in the rankings, according to the Bloomberg Businessweek web site. Additionally Mendoza's business program has also focused on the demand for global exposure and experience by offering study abroad programs and students are encouraged to take on a business-related research project while away from South Bend.
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The Top 20 Best Undergraduate B-Schools |
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| 2011 Rank | 2010 Rank |
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| 1 | 1 | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | ||
| 2 | 2 | Virginia (McIntire) | ||
| 3 | 7 | Emory (Goizueta) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Pennsylvania (Wharton) | ||
| 5 | 5 | Cornell University (Dyson) | ||
| 6 | 8 | Michigan (Ross) | ||
| 7 | 20 | Villanova | ||
| 8 | 14 | North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | ||
| 9 | 3 | MIT (Sloan) | ||
| 10 | 23 | Georgetown (McDonough) | ||
| 11 | 11 | Brigham Young (Marriott) | ||
| 12 | 15 | Richmond (Robins) | ||
| 13 | 6 | UC Berkeley (Haas) | ||
| 14 | 13 | Washington U. (Olin) | ||
| 15 | 12 | NYU (Stern) | ||
| 16 | 9 | Boston College (Carroll) | ||
| 17 | 10 | Texas (McCombs) | ||
| 18 | 19 | Indiana (Kelley) | ||
| 19 | 18 | Wake Forest | ||
| 20 | 17 | Babson | ||
Student satisfaction is up at each of the 113 schools in the ranking—8% overall—and the number of senior business students with internships and job offers is up as well, according to surveys of more than 86,000 business majors compiled by the magazine. Forty-six percent of the senior business majors who responded to the survey in January reported having a job offer in hand, up eight percent compared to seniors who responded a year ago.
Bloomberg Businessweek used nine measures to rank these programs, including surveys of senior business majors and corporate recruiters, median starting salaries for graduates, and the number of alumni each program sends to top MBA programs. Bloomberg Businessweek also calculated an academic quality rating for each program by combining average SAT scores, student-faculty ratios, class size, the percentage of students with internships, and the number of hours students devote to classwork.
Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of “The Best Undergraduate Business Schools” will be featured on March 3rd on businessweek.com and will include expanded content, the full ranking and methodology. http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/feb2011/bs20110223_471722.htm.
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