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Smeal Retains Top Ten Public Ranking In U.S. News
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Penn State's Smeal College of Business is ranked 10th among public business schools and 18th overall, unchanged from last year, in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of undergraduate business programs. U.S. News also ranks specialty programs, or majors, offered by the nation's business schools. Smeal's Supply Chain Management degree program is ranked fifth in the nation overall by the magazine. Smeal Retains Top Ten Public Ranking In U.S. NewsUNIVERSITY PARK, PA (August 17, 2007) – Penn State's Smeal College of Business is ranked 10th among public business schools and 18th overall, unchanged from last year, in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of undergraduate business programs. Smeal is ranked sixth among Big Ten universities, according to the magazine, tying with the University of Minnesota. U.S. News also ranks specialty programs, or majors, offered by the nation's business schools. Smeal's Supply Chain Management degree program is ranked fifth in the nation overall by the magazine. The college's Finance program jumped five spots to 15th overall in the United States and the Management program went up one spot to 11th. Other Smeal specialty program rankings by the magazine include Accounting (21st overall) and Marketing (20th overall). The magazine publishes its "America's Best Colleges" ranking annually. The business school rankings are based solely on a survey of deans and senior faculty members at business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. For more information on the Smeal undergraduate program, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/uprog. REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu. Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change. Document Actions |
