NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Princeton
Review and Entrepreneur magazine today announced the results
of The Princeton Review's 10th annual survey that names
the 25 undergraduate and 25 graduate schools best for
entrepreneurship studies.
Babson College captured the #1 spot
on the undergraduate entrepreneurship programs ranking list for the
4th consecutive year. Harvard
University finished #1 on the graduate entrepreneurship
programs list for the 2nd consecutive year.
Out of more than 300 schools offering entrepreneurship studies
that The Princeton Review surveyed, 36 institutions' undergraduate
and/or graduate programs made the roster of top schools for 2016.
The two lists of top 25 undergraduate and graduate schools for
entrepreneurship studies follow.
The Princeton Review today posted the lists at
www.princetonreview.com/entrepreneur. This area on company's
website also has information on the methodology for the survey,
criteria for the rankings, and detailed profiles of the
schools.
The rankings will also be published in the December issue of
Entrepreneur, available on newsstands November 17 and on
www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges. Entrepreneur's
feature on the lists also reports on the kinds of real-world
insights, emerging trends and business ideas that fuel the
entrepreneurial spirit shared across the campuses on the
lists.
The Princeton Review conducted its survey for this project from
May through August 2015. The
60-question survey asked schools to report on levels of their
commitment to entrepreneurship studies inside and outside the
classroom. More than three dozen data points were analyzed for the
tally that determined the rankings. Topics covered included: the
percentage of faculty, students, and alumni actively and
successfully involved in entrepreneurial endeavors, the number and
reach of mentorship programs, scholarships and grants for
entrepreneurial studies, and the level of support for
school-sponsored business plan competitions.
The 2016 list includes four newcomers to the undergraduate list:
Loyola Marymount University (#14),
Belmont University (#16), Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico (#23), and the University of Utah (#24). Four schools are new on
the graduate list: the University of
Maryland – College Park
(#18), Saint Louis University (#19),
the University of Rochester (#22), and
Oklahoma State University (#23).
Many schools that made the lists have exceptional
offerings. Among them, Rice
University, #6 on the graduate list, offers one of the
largest and richest graduate student business plan competitions.
Last year, it awarded $1,228,350 for
student entrepreneurial projects. At Northeastern University, #5 on the undergraduate
list, the student-run accelerator provides students, faculty, and
alumni with funding and services that have helped launch 30
companies. It currently has 170 active ventures in its portfolio.
At the University of Michigan, #7 on
the undergraduate list, its Center for Entrepreneurship gives
students one-on-one access to entrepreneurs, innovation training,
and "Startup Treks" to entrepreneurial businesses in other cities.
Its annual events include "1000 Pitches," "MHacks," and an
"Entrepalooza Symposium."
"These colleges and b-schools have superb entrepreneurship
programs," said Robert Franek, The
Princeton Review's Senior VP-Publisher. "We highly recommend them
to any applicant aspiring to launch a business. Their faculties are
truly engaged in entrepreneurism. Their courses are rich with
in-class and out-of-class experiential components, and the
financial and networking support their students and programs
receive via donors and alumni is extraordinary."
"Formal instruction and mentorship from great minds in business
can help leaders prepare for the challenges
that come with entrepreneurship," said Amy Cosper, VP and editor in chief
of Entrepreneur magazine. "The schools in our
annual list have ranked high for creating some of the best
environments to nurture the pursuit of building a business from the
ground up."
The Princeton Review has partnered with Entrepreneur Media Inc.
on this project since 2006. Only schools that participate in The
Princeton Review entrepreneurship program survey are eligible for
consideration for the rankings. The company also reports school
rankings in several other categories in its annual books The
Best 380 Colleges, Colleges That Pay You Back, The
Best 295 Business Schools, and The Best 173 Law Schools.
All Princeton Review rankings are accessible at
www.princetonreview.com.
The Princeton
Review's Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for
2016
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Top 25
Undergraduate Schools
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Top 25 Graduate
Schools
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1
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Babson
College
|
1
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Harvard
University
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2
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Brigham Young
University (UT)
|
2
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Babson
College
|
3
|
University of
Houston
|
3
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University of
Chicago
|
4
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Baylor
University
|
4
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University of
Michigan – Ann Arbor
|
5
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Northeastern
University
|
5
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Northwestern
University
|
6
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City University of
New York, Baruch College
|
6
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Rice
University
|
7
|
University of
Michigan – Ann Arbor
|
7
|
Brigham Young
University (UT)
|
8
|
Temple
University
|
8
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The University of
Texas at Austin
|
9
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University of
Oklahoma
|
9
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City University of
New York, Baruch College
|
10
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University of
Maryland – College Park
|
10
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Temple
University
|
11
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Miami University
(OH)
|
11
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University of South
Florida
|
12
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DePaul
University
|
12
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University of
Oklahoma
|
13
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Syracuse
University
|
13
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University of
Virginia
|
14
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Loyola Marymount
University
|
14
|
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
|
15
|
University of
Dayton
|
15
|
DePaul
University
|
16
|
Belmont
University
|
16
|
University of
Washington
|
17
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Clarkson
University
|
17
|
University of
Utah
|
18
|
Washington University
in St. Louis
|
18
|
University of
Maryland – College Park
|
19
|
University of
Washington
|
19
|
Saint Louis
University.
|
20
|
Texas Christian
University
|
20
|
Syracuse
University
|
21
|
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
|
21
|
Washington University
in St. Louis
|
22
|
Lehigh
University
|
22
|
University of
Rochester
|
23
|
Monterrey Institute
of Technology (Mexico)
|
23
|
Oklahoma State
University
|
24
|
University of
Utah
|
24
|
University of
Arizona
|
25
|
University of
Arizona
|
25
|
Columbia
University
|
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