ND’s Mendoza College of Business jumped four spots—from No. 7 to No. 3—in BusinessWeek magazine’s annual survey that ranks undergraduate business programs. The results were announced in the magazine’s March 10 edition.
According to an article that accompanies the survey in the magazine, improvements in the academic quality of ND’s program and in its students’ success in the job market contributed to the higher ranking.
BusinessWeek used nine sources of data for the ranking, including surveys of 80,000 business majors and more than 600 corporate recruiters; median starting salaries for graduates; the number of graduates admitted to top MBA programs; and an academic quality gauge, which incorporated the average SAT scores for business majors, faculty-student ratios, average class size, the percentage of students with internships, and the number of hours students spend on class work each week.
The Mendoza College of Business was rated No. 2 in the student survey ranking, with most concurring that ND’s “die-hard alums and an emphasis on ethics separated Mendoza from the pack.”
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce ranked No. 1 and 2 respectively in the survey.
The Mendoza College of Business currently enrolls 1,626 undergraduate students in four departments: accountancy, finance, management and marketing. After completing the University’s First Year of Studies program, Notre Dame business majors enter the Mendoza College in their sophomore year. Mendoza also offers graduate degree programs, including a master of business administration, executive master of business administration, master of science in accountancy and master of nonprofit administration.
