BusinessWeek's 2008 Rankings: How Sweet It Is!!!!

BusinessWeek released their rankings for the best undergraduate business schools, and Babson came home with some excellent ratings. The ratings are in the newest issue of BusinessWeek, and are accessible here: www.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate. Here are some notable facts from this year's BusinessWeek rankings:

"The Best Undergraduate Business Schools"

Boston College - #14

Babson College- #28 (UP 5 SPOTS FROM 2007)

Boston University - #42

Northeastern - #34

Bentley - #30

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Student Survey - #21

Teaching Quality - A+

Facilities & Services - A+

Job Placement - A

Starting Salary of Graduating Class - #26 (UP 16 SPOTS FROM 2007)

Dennis Hanno, Dean of the Undergraduate School, commented on what these rankings mean to the school, and where he sees Babson headed:

"While these rankings do not change how we prepare and teach our students, they do remain an external measure that prospective students and their parents use to evaluate colleges. It has been a great year for the Undergraduate School in terms of rankings, having earned, for example, the designation of “Hottest for Business” by Newsweek and number 1 for Entrepreneurship (11^th year in a row), number 17 for International Business and number 27 in the overall undergraduate business school category by U.S. News and World Report. The ranking data provide an opportunity to assess how the marketplace evaluates what we do while offering some insights into areas where we can seek improvement. We will continue our efforts of steady improvement and look forward to even higher rankings in the years to come."

The College celebrated the announcement of these rankings, yesterday, with a Domino's Pizza Celebration thrown by Dean Hanno, himself. The midnight party at the new-and-improved Reynolds Campus Center featured hundreds of Undergrads and an amazing 150 pizzas.

From one undergrad who attended the celebration: Mmmmm....These Rankings taste SWEET!