Smeal Up Two Spots Among Public Schools In BusinessWeek Rankings

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (March 3, 2008) – Penn State's Smeal College of Business rose two spots to No. 12 among public business schools according to BusinessWeek's 2008 ranking of U.S. undergraduate business programs.

Smeal is ranked 38th overall and fifth among Big Ten schools.

According to a survey of corporate recruiters, which accounts for 20 percent of the overall ranking, Smeal ranked eighth nationally. Recruiters were asked to identify the schools with the best graduates, most innovative curricula, and most effective career services.

In addition to the recruiter survey, the BusinessWeek rankings are based on a student survey (30 percent); median starting salary for graduates (10 percent); the number of graduates sent to BusinessWeek's top 35 MBA programs (10 percent); and an academic quality measure (30 percent), which includes SAT scores, the ratio of full-time faculty to students, average class size, the percentage of students with internships, and the average hours students spend studying each week.

Smeal ranked in the top 20 of all schools for internship placement and return on tuition investment.

The magazine also gave Smeal an 'A' letter grade for its facilities and service and job placement.

For more on Smeal's undergraduate programs, visit: www.smeal.psu.edu/uprog.

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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.

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