The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University has been named the second best administered business school program in the nation by The Princeton Review. The ranking of top MBA programs is included in the 2007 edition of “The Best 282 Business Schools.”
The Princeton Review’s guide of top graduate business programs is based on a survey of business school students across the nation.
Elon MBA students commended the school’s flexible scheduling, engaged learning and affordable cost along with its “focus on leadership and soft-skill development.” They said Elon offers solid preparation in teamwork, communication/interpersonal skills and presentation skills.
The Princeton Review says that “MBAs here (at Elon) praise the ‘alternative teaching styles and small class sizes.’” The guide also says that “professors here ‘are very accessible and actively engage students to improve both the learning experience and the program overall.’”
The Princeton Review notes that “Elon is as much concerned with producing ethical, trustworthy, and successful leaders as it is with developing students’ academic performance.” The guide also mentions the new Ernest A. Koury Sr. Business Center, which opened in August.
The top 10 best administered schools were cited for being smoothly run, and the ease with which students can get into required and popular courses. Other schools on the best administered list included Colorado State University, Minnesota State University – Mankato, Washington University in St. Louis, Seattle Pacific University, Ithaca College, Miami University Ohio, Texas A&M University – College Station, University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa and West Virginia University.
The Princeton Review compiles its business school rankings based on data provided by schools and surveys of 18,000 students, who are asked questions about themselves, their career plans, and their schools’ academics, student body and campus life. Elon students who were surveyed cited happy and friendly students and cutting edge classes as assets of the program.
The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business received accreditation from AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, in 2004. This accreditation is the highest possible in business education. Only 528 colleges and universities in the nation have achieved the AACSB hallmark of excellence. Elon, Duke University and Wake Forest University are the only independent universities in North Carolina with AACSB accreditation.