LMU’s Entrepreneurship Program Ranked
One of the Top Ten in the Nation
The College of Business Administration of Loyola Marymount University was named as among the best in the nation for its undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. The undergraduate program was rated 10th best, up from 13th last year. The graduate program was rated 11th.
“We teach our students to believe in themselves, we give them the skills to take the first step and we show them how to learn from their failures,” said Fred Kiesner, Conrad N. Hilton Chair in Entrepreneurship.
Joining LMU in the top 10 of the undergraduate rankings were: Babson College, in Massachusetts, and the University of Arizona. LMU’s undergraduate program was ranked higher than other well-known national universities, including USC and the University of Notre Dame. LMU’s graduate program rating of 11th marked the first time that the program has appeared in the top 25. Colleges and universities were ranked based on evaluations of faculty, students, academics and outside-the-classroom support and experiences. More than 900 institutions were surveyed.
“We tell our entrepreneurship students they are the modern-day heroes who will solve the biggest problems of our society, ranging from poverty to global warming and diseases. Each one of them can make a difference if they learn to be more entrepreneurial,” said David Choi, associate director of the Conrad N. Hilton Center for Entrepreneurship.
LMU’s entrepreneurship program was launched in 1972. The university was one the first in the nation to formally teach entrepreneurship. Today, the program enrolls hundreds of students and has 12 faculty members.
“It is gratifying to receive this distinguished recognition, since it reflects the strengths of our program, which includes students going out to help the local business community and a faculty with first hand experience in the business world,” said Dennis Draper, dean of the College of Business Administration.
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