Newswise — U.S.News & World Report magazine has ranked Babson College the #1 MBA program for entrepreneurship for the 13th year in a row.
Besides Babson, other top five entrepreneurship programs are Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Harvard University, and the University of Southern California (Marshall).
"This is a particularly gratifying accomplishment when combined with our number one ranking by the Financial Times. The ranking is another symbol of Babson's leadership in advancing entrepreneurship education and practice throughout the world," said Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship and Global Management Stephen Spinelli, Jr.
Mark Rice, Murata Dean, and Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies emphasized, "Babson MBAs have an entrepreneurial mindset -- focused on opportunity recognition, creative thinking, constant innovation, and business-building. These skills are vital for launching and growing new businesses, products, services, processes, markets and business models -- both in the start-up and corporate arenas."
Additionally, U.S. News has ranked Babson's MBA program #49 overall, up from #51 in 2005 and #53 in 2004.
The full rankings are available at http://www.usnews.com.
Babson has a rich history in the field of entrepreneurship studies:
First course in entrepreneurship -- 1966 First "hall of fame" for distinguished entrepreneurs -- 1977 First academic center for entrepreneurship -- 1978 First undergraduate entrepreneurship major -- 1979 First endowed entrepreneurship professor -- 1980 First entrepreneurship research conference " 1981.
In addition to U.S. News, Babson has been ranked #1 in entrepreneurship by BusinessWeek magazine, Financial Times newspaper, Success magazine, Entrepreneur magazine, and America Economia magazine. Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit http://www.babson.edu.
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