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Smeal College of Business
The Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Smeal is among the ten largest business schools in the United States, and is accredited in business and accounting by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, insurance and real estate, management and organization, marketing, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers in areas such as supply chain management, business-to-business marketing, corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, and other disciplines. Since its inception in 1953, more than 65,000 students have graduated from the college, which in 1990 was named the Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business. Frank Smeal was a 1942 graduate of Penn State who enjoyed a lengthy career on Wall Street.
Undergraduate
Our program is one of the largest in the nation and offers majors and minors that span the business spectrum. Experience dozens of student organizations and involvement opportunities, study abroad partnerships around the world, and personalized career planning and academic advising services that will help you thrive at Smeal and beyond.
MBA
Delve into four critical thematic areas as a Smeal MBA: Global Perspective, Total Business Focus, Functional Expertise, and Principled Leadership. Customize your experience to suit your aspirations while leveraging the resources of a program that offers personal focus in and out of the classroom and a tight-knit community with students from around the world.
Exec MBA
Earn a Smeal MBA in Philadelphia. With classes on alternating weekends, the 21-month Executive MBA Program is taught by the same faculty as our full-time program. Experience an innovative curriculum with personalized executive coaching, intensive communications training, an international immersion experience, and course work focused on your firm's unique challenges.
Supply Chain
Our 30-credit, two-year online degree program is designed to fit the schedules of working supply chain management professionals. The curriculum enables students to chart their career path in the supply chain process from managing information technology enabled logistics to crafting supply chain strategy.
Ph.D.
As a leading research institution, doctoral education is at the heart of our mission. Specialize in one of six primary fields: accounting, finance, management and organization, marketing, real estate, and supply chain and information systems. Partner with our leading faculty to expand business knowledge while developing your own research and teaching abilities.
Exec Ed
Leveraging the expertise of the internationally ranked Smeal College of Business, Penn State Executive Programs prepares organizations and their leaders to create and unify behind common strategic goals. Our areas of practice include campus-based open-enrollment programs, custom learning partnerships, and an award-winning approach to Strategic Thinking & Innovation.
MAcc
The Master of Accounting (MAcc) Program at Smeal offers two options for individuals to meet the educational requirements to be licensed as a certified public accountant in Pennsylvania and other states. The One-Year MAcc Program is for students who already have earned a bachelor's degree at Penn State or elsewhere. The Integrated MAcc Program is for Smeal accounting majors.
