Kent State University’s College of Business Administration has once again been named an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The college is one of 267 outstanding business schools to have its on-campus Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs profiled in The Princeton Review’s 2018 annual business school rankings.
“We recommend the Kent State College of Business Administration as one of the best to earn an MBA,” said Robert Franek, editor-in-chief at The Princeton Review. “We chose the 267 on-campus MBA programs schools on this list based on our high regard for their academics and our assessment of institutional data we collect from the schools. We also solicited and greatly respect the opinions of 23,000 students attending these schools who reported on their experiences at their schools on our 80-question student survey.”
The Princeton Review’s on-campus MBA survey asked students at the 267 business schools about their school’s academics, student body and campus life as well as about themselves and their career plans.
“We are pleased to once again be recognized by The Princeton Review as an outstanding business school,” said Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., dean of Kent State’s College of Business Administration. “Students continue to recognize the value of our faculty’s cutting-edge research and the professional development resources made available to them.”
In addition to being recognized among 267 business schools nationally, Kent State’s College of Business Administration is recognized as one of the 52 best business schools in the Midwest in The Princeton Review’s 2018 rankings.
In the profile about Kent State State’s College of Business Administration, The Princeton Review editors describe the college as a place where young professionals can jump-start their careers through an “enjoyable and enlightening” academic curriculum offered at “a value price.”
For more information about The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools 2018 list, visit www.princetonreview.com/business-school-rankings/best-business-schools.
About Kent State University’s College of Business Administration
Kent State University’s College of Business Administration is among the fewer than 1 percent of business schools worldwide to obtain dual Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation in both business and accounting. The college enrolls more than 4,000 students and boasts 10 undergraduate majors, 13 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program; master’s degrees in accounting, business administration (Master of Business Administration and Executive Master of Business Administration), business analytics and economics; as well as a Ph.D. program with concentrations in accounting, finance, information systems, management and marketing.
In addition to being named to the Best Business School 2018 list by The Princeton Review, the college is ranked Tier One for both Master of Business Administration and Executive Master of Business Administration programs in North America by CEO Magazine. The college is committed to sustainability as a Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) advanced signatory and is recognized by the Sales Education Foundation as a top university for professional sales education.
For more information about Kent State’s College of Business Administration, visit www.kent.edu/business.
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