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BusinessWeek ranks Broad Undergrad program 20th among public schools
BusinessWeek magazine recently released the 2009 rankings of undergraduate business school programs, placing the Eli Broad College of Business 52nd nationally and 20th among public institutions. Last year, BusinessWeek ranked the Broad School 39th nationally and 13th among public institutions. The main rankings table can be found at www.businessweek.com.
Remarkably, recruiters ranked the Broad School 6th among all business schools, beating out top ranked schools such as the University of Pennsylvania, Notre Dame and the University of Michigan. Some factors that affected the school’s overall ranking include results from the student satisfaction survey and BusinessWeek’s "academic quality rank," which includes faculty/student ratio, class size and average admission test scores among other indicators.
According to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research G. Geoffrey Booth, "The Broad School offers students many business education opportunities that don’t necessarily show up in a rankings table: more opportunities to study abroad than any business school in the country, a unique residential program designed to give freshmen a great start on their college careers, a dedicated business communications center, a professionally staffed business career services center and leadership opportunities in more than 50 business student groups."
Booth says that the college can be proud that:
- Broad students tend to excel in their course work – Last year, more than 1,200 students graduated with a mean GPA of 3.27, three-quarters of the students in the Broad Freshman Program have at least a 3.7 GPA, and the recently admitted junior class has a mean GPA of 3.52.
- The Broad School recently introduced a Sales Communication Specialization for undergraduates; an additional academic opportunity for undergraduate students, joining the International Business, Information Technology and Entrepreneurship specializations.
- Placement rates and job experiences are higher than ever for Broad students – more than 84 percent of May 2008 graduates accepted a job before graduation, and 78 percent of seniors and 47 percent of juniors had at least one internship or co-op experience.
- The Financial Markets Lab was recently renovated to provide an enhanced real-world trading floor experience.
"We are disappointed with this ranking, but we will continue to work to build a world-class business school," says Booth. "Broad School faculty and staff will continue their dedication to providing students with the very best business education possible, and we know our students will continue their successful path at the Broad School and be well-prepared for a distinguished business career."