Entrepreneur magazine, The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report – Rank Temple High!
This fall, Temple University and the Fox School of Business were ranked among the top undergraduate and graduate programs in the United States by three ranking entities: Entrepreneur magazine, The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report.
Temple University was ranked sixth for undergraduate programs and 11th for graduate programs by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review, following a survey of more than 900 schools across the United States.
Since Entrepreneur magazine started its ranking surveys six years ago, Temple University, through its Fox School of Business, has remained among the top schools in the U.S. to be included each year.
Temple’s entrepreneurship programs are housed at the university’s Fox School of Business. “It’s rewarding to see our entrepreneurship programs recognized nationally in the company of prestigious schools,” said M. Moshe Porat, dean of the Fox School.
“Entrepreneurial thinking is a cornerstone of Temple, and our programs continue to expand and strengthen each year in both the academic and the applied sectors. Our mission is for students to think and act like entrepreneurs no matter where their career paths take them,” he added.
Temple’s entrepreneurship program includes interdisciplinary educational opportunities, internships with new and growing ventures, intense mentoring and coaching, annual idea generation and business plan competitions, workshops and seminars, community outreach, and annual conferences in social, global, women’s and industry-specific entrepreneurship.
Jaine Lucas, executive director of the school’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, remarked, “Our multi-faceted and experiential programs encourage innovation and supports entrepreneurship across all 17 schools and colleges within Temple. Intensive one-on-one coaching, access to successful entrepreneurs and solid business planning tools help students transform great ideas into viable for-profit and non-profit businesses.”
Currently, Temple offers an entrepreneurship major in its Fox School of Business, as well as an entrepreneurship minor. At the undergraduate level, certificate programs in non-business disciplines have been successfully launched at the College of Engineering, College of Science and Technology, College of Health Professions, Tyler School of Art, School of Social Administration and School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Two certificate programs at the graduate level were also launched.
In addition, the Entrepreneurial Student Association (ESA) is another venue where undergraduate students can gain invaluable experience. ESA’s mission is to provide professional development, community service and social programs for its members, as well as an opportunity to network with industry experts during meetings.
“Innovation is a critical part of the philosophy of undergraduate programs at Fox, and having one of the top entrepreneurship programs in the nation enhances the experience for all of our students,” said David Kaiser, director of Undergraduate Enrollment Management.
Last year, at the graduate level, several new courses were introduced, including: “Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences,” “Management of Innovation in Technology” and “Social Entrepreneurship.” These courses were created in preparation for an MBA concentration in entrepreneurship that is nearing its launch.
In August 2008, Temple’s Fox school was included in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” issue. The Risk Management and Insurance undergraduate program was ranked #9 in the U.S. and the International Business undergraduate program was ranked #10 in the U.S. The graduate International Business program was ranked #18 in the US.
Temple University’s Fox School of Business is the largest, most comprehensive business school in the greater Philadelphia region and among the largest in the world, with more than 6,000 students, 145 full-time faculty members and 51,000 alumni.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Financial Times ranked the Fox School’s MBA among the Top 10 programs in the U.S. for “Value for Money” and as one of the Top 30 programs among public universities in the U.S. This year, Financial Times also cited the Fox MBA in the top 5 in the U.S. for Female Students. The Fox School of Business is accredited by AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).
