Success magazine ranks the Marriott School’s Center for Entrepreneurship among the best entrepreneurial programs in the country. In the February/March issue, the Marriott School ranked 33rd on the magazine’s top 50 list of “Best Entrepreneurial Business Schools.”
“We are pleased with the recognition that Success magazine has given us,” said Hal Heaton, a professor of the Marriott School’s Center for Entrepreneurship. “Entrepreneurship continues to be an area of intense interest by BYU students and we continually strive to offer the best program possible.”
Business schools were ranked according to caliber of students, faculty, curriculum, outreach to thecommunity, innovative programs, follow-up of graduates and reputation among fellow schools. Editors at Success magazine developed the questionnaire over several years with the assistance of leading business school deans. Results were tallied by the New York independent marketing and media firm, Erdos & Morgan.
“There are more than 250 entrepreneurship programs in the country with more appearing all the time,”said Victoria Conte, Success magazine’s president and publisher. “To make the list shows superior innovation and accomplishment by these schools.”
The top ten entrepreneurial business schools include: Babson College, UCLA, the University ofIllinois at Chicago, DePaul University, the University of St. Thomas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Indiana University, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Southern California and San Diego State University.
Success’s best entrepreneurial business school rankings are available on newsstands in the magazine’sFebruary/March issue. The issue is also available online at www.successmagazine.com.
The Center for Entrepreneurship at BYU’s Marriott School was established in 1989 to encourage and support students in understanding how to successfully start and open business ventures and to advance entrepreneurship internationally. Courses in entrepreneur principles, practical experiences and case studies aretaught by faculty and practicing entrepreneurs.
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