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Eller College Rankings

Eller College programs are ranked in the U.S.News & World Report Best Colleges 2007.Eller College of Management consistently ranks high in leading studies of business education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, with upward movement in the gold standard of college rankings, the annual survey by U.S.News & World Report.

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Undergraduate Programs

Eller College Undergraduate Programs ranks #12 among public business schools nationwide and at #21 among business schools overall in the U.S.News & World Report survey.

Specializations ranked in the top 25 include:

  • Management Information Systems – 4th; 2nd among public programs; and 1 of 3 institutions to maintain Top 5 status since the inception of the rankings in 1989
  • Entrepreneurship – 6th; 2nd among public programs, marking the 10th consecutive year of upward movement in this category
  • Marketing – 17th; 13th among public programs
  • Management – 20th; 16th among public programs
  • Accounting – 25th; 18th among public programs

Eller MBA Program

The Eller MBA ranks #55 among graduate business schools overall in the U.S.News & World Report survey.

Specializations ranked in the top 30 include:

  • Management Information Systems – #5 and 1 of 3 institutions to maintain Top 5 status since the inception of the rankings in 1989
  • Entrepreneurship – #16 nationally, continuing its record of Top 20 status since the survey's inception

FT.com : Financial Times.In January 2008, Financial Times ranked Eller's MBA #57 among full-time programs worldwide, #27 among full-time U.S. programs, #6 in entrepreneurship, and #9 in information technology.

In January 2008, WOMEN 3.0 magazine included Eller in its listing of Top 50 Executive MBA Programs, as well as on its list of Top MBAs for Entrepreneurship.

In September 2007, The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive rankings placed the Eller MBA program #43 in its Regional Ranking category.

In August 2005, Forbes magazine distinguished the Eller MBA as the only Arizona-based program in “Best Business Schools” rankings; the program moved up from 45th to 33rd.

HISPANIC Trends magazine ranks the Eller MBA program among the Top 25 MBA programs for Hispanics.In 2004, HISPANIC Trends magazine placed the Eller MBA in its annual list of "Top 25 MBA Programs for Hispanics" along with programs such as Harvard, Stanford, and The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. The magazine cited faculty diversity, minority recruiting and scholarships available to Hispanic students as factors making Eller College a national leader.

McGuire Entrepreneurship Program (McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship)

2007 Best Grad Programs for Entrepreneurs.The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program is ranked the #4 undergraduate and #3 graduate program in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review, the only ranking of its kind in that it evaluates entrepreneurship exclusively and does not consider other school disciplines, areas of focus or reputation factors.

2007 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs.In addition, Eller’s McGuire Program is one of only four schools to remain for five consecutive years as part of the national top-tier grouping, an elite core of 12 schools selected through a scientific assessment of more than 60 program dimensions.

U.S.News & World Report ranks Eller's entrepreneurship program #2 among public programs and #6 overall in its undergraduate business school rankings and #6 among public programs and #13 overall in the graduate business school rankings for entrepreneurship.

The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program has been recognized for excellence by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and SUCCESS magazine and is a past recipient of the Nasdaq Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.

MPA Program, School of Public Administration and Policy

The Master of Public Administration program ranks #36 among graduate public administration programs overall — and #23 among public institutions and #7 in the West — in the latest U.S.News & World Report survey.

Eller Doctoral Programs

In January 2007, Financial Times ranked Eller’s doctoral programs #19 in the world, #11 in the United States, and #3 among U.S. public institutions.

Economic and Business Research Center

The Eller College’s Economic and Business Research Center has been recognized by the Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER) for excellence in publications. Most recently, the Center was honored with the 2003 award for excellence in the category of Abstracts and Other Data Publications. EBR’s website, the Arizona’s Economy newsletter, and annual Economic Outlook publication also have received recognition.

Other Notables

In October 2004, the UA Decision Behavior Laboratory—a cross-campus team concentrated in the Eller College Department of Management & Policy and led by professor Terry Connolly—was ranked eighth among schools nationwide by the Decision Analysis Society. The program placed second among public institutions in this first formal study and ranking of decision behavior programs at schools across the country.

Because of strengths in management information systems and other disciplines, U.S.News & World Report ranks the Eller College Undergraduate Programs 13th in the area of supply chain management.

Eller College and its various programs have also been ranked among top programs by Forbes, as well as Business 2.0 magazine and Computerworld magazine for strength in technology.

Financial Times magazine has recognized Eller College as one of the top schools granting Ph.D. degrees in the international business school arena, and Academy of Management Journal has recognized Eller College faculty as a top school in research productivity.

 
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