The MBA program of Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is ranked in the top 10 in two categories in The Princeton Review's 2009 edition of the "Best 296 Business Schools." The school was ranked sixth in the nation for “best administered” program and seventh in the nation for “best classroom experience.”
The Princeton Review’s annual guide of top graduate business programs is based on data provided by schools and a survey of 19,000 business school students across the nation.
Elon MBA students commended the school’s globally-focused curriculum, commitment to experiential learning and affordable cost. The wealth of professors with industry experience is a major asset, students said, along with “a strong corporate and alumni support system that allows for the latest technology and education methods to be utilized.”
The Princeton Review notes “Elon works hard to maximize its MBA experience” and students said the MBA program offers solid preparation in interpersonal skills, presentation skills and doing business in a global economy.
The guide points to the three-story, state-of-the-art Ernest A. Koury Sr. Business Center as an example of excellent facilities driving the school’s ascent.
The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business — the premier accrediting agency for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in accounting and business administration. Elon is one of only four private universities in North Carolina with this accreditation.
The schools ranked in the top 10 best classroom experience were based on student assessment of professors’ teaching abilities and recognition in their fields, the integration of new business trends and practices in the curricula, and the intellectual level of classmates’ contributions in course discussions.
Best Classroom Experience:
1. Indiana University-Bloomington Kelley School of Business
2. Acton School of Business The Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship
3. Millsaps College Else School of Business
4. East Tennessee State University College of Business and Technology
5. Indiana University – Southeast School of Business
6. Harvard University – Harvard Business School
7. Elon University – Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
8. University of Chicago – Graduate School of Business
9. University of Virginia – Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
10. Brigham Young University – Marriott School of Management
The top 10 best administered schools were ranked based on student assessment of how smoothly the school is run, and the ease with which students can get into required and popular courses.
Best Administered:
1. Harvard University – Harvard Business School
2. Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management
3. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor Steven M. Ross School of Business
4. University of California Berkeley – Haas School of Business
5. Northwestern University-Kellogg School of Management
6. Elon University – Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
7. New York University – Leonard N. Stern School of Business
8. West Virginia – College of Business and Economics
9. Acton School of Business – The Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship
10. Dartmouth College – Tuck School of Business