Neeley School of Business goes up in "BusinessWeek" rankings

Fort Worth, TX

3/7/2011

In the annual review of undergraduate business schools in the U.S., the Neeley School of Business at TCU <http://www.neeley.tcu.edu/>  ranked 29th in the U.S. In the survey of students, the Neeley School ranked 6th overall and 19th in Academic Quality. Students also gave Neeley A+ in Job Placement, A+ in Teaching Quality, and A+ in Facilities and Services. This is the highest rank that the Neeley School has achieved in the annual survey by Bloomberg Businessweek of undergraduate business programs in the U.S.

 

“We are pleased that the Neeley School ranked so highly and especially proud that we received the highest mark possible for job placement and the quality of our faculty, things that truly matter to students,” said Associate Dean of Undergraduate Program Bill Moncrief. “National recognition such as this brings positive attention to the undergraduate business program at TCU and increases our national presence.”

 

The Neeley School has consistently risen in the Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings over the past five years. For the 2011 rankings, Bloomberg Businessweek asked more than 86,000 graduating seniors at 136 schools to complete a 50-question survey. The results were combined with the results of the 2009 and 2010 surveys. The 2011 survey supplies 50 percent of the score.

 

Bloomberg Businessweek also polled 775 corporate recruiters for companies that hire thousands of business majors each year. The results were then combined with the results of the 2009 and 2010 surveys, with the 2011 survey supplying 50 percent of the score. In addition, Bloomberg Businessweek  drew on their 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 MBA surveys to create a "feeder school" measure. They also created an academic quality gauge of five equally weighted measures. The schools supplied average SAT scores, the ratio of full-time students to faculty, average class size, and median starting salary of the most recent graduating class. The student survey supplied the percentage of business majors with internships and the hours students spend every week on schoolwork.

 

The Neeley School of Business at TCU is nationally ranked and recognized as a premier business school by Forbes (MBA Return on Investment), Fortune Small Business (Top 25 for Entrepreneurs), BusinessWeek (#29 Best Undergraduate) US News & World Report (#18 Best Undergraduate Entrepreneurship), Parade (College A-List) and The Princeton Review (Best 301 Business Schools 2010). The Neeley School is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the highest standard of accreditation for business schools internationally.