Top 10 Business School Programs for Entrepreneurs

Milton Swift • Sep 22, 2010

The Princeton Review released its annual rankings of the top undergraduate and graduate programs. Using those rankings, Entrepreneur magazine reported on the top 50 graduate and undergraduate institutions for entrepreneurs.

Schools were ranked in three areas:

  • Academics and requirements. This includes if the school offers entrepreneurship majors or minors, as well as the available courses, internships, experiential learning, and more.
  • Students and faculty. The survey asked what percentage of the school's student body was enrolled in an entrepreneurship program, the percentage of graduates who started a business since graduating, and more.
  • Outside the classroom. The survey asked if the school has partnerships with other schools, the number of recognized clubs, types of non-curriculum-based activities in entrepreneurship, and more.

Top 10 Business Schools for Entrepreneurship

The top 10 graduate programs in 2010 for entrepreneurship included:

  1. Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business (Wellesley, MA)
  2. University of Chicago, Booth School of Business (Chicago, IL)
  3. University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business (Ann Arbor, MI)
  4. Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management (Provo, UT)
  5. University of Arizona, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship (Tucson, AZ)
  6. Rice University, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business (Houston TX)
  7. University of Virginia, Darden School of Business (Charlottesville, VA)
  8. Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford, CA)
  9. University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business (Austin, TX)
  10. Washington University, Olin Business School (St. Louis, MO)

In a press release, Babson College president Len Schlesinger responded to receiving the top ranking, "We firmly remain committed to this institution's leadership in entrepreneurial education as measured by our own internal standards, as well as survey results -- and we will continue to prepare Babson's undergraduate and MBA students to create economic and social value ... everywhere."