2006 – The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine selected IMBA – The MBA for Entrepreneurial Thinking, and other College of Business MBA entrepreneurship programs as #10 ahead of programs at Penn State, UCLA, UNC, Wake Forest, the University of Illinois, the University of Virginia and Babson College, among others.
2003 – Entrepreneur Magazine selected IMBA and other College of Business MBA entrepreneurship programs as “1st tier” among 50 regional universities, joining 12 other schools in the top category. Other schools in the top regional category were Brigham Young University, University of Florida, University of Oregon, San Diego State University and St. Louis University .
2001 – The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship named the IMBA program and other College of Business MBA entrepreneurship efforts the National Model MBA Entrepreneurship Program. This is the top national recognition a MBA entrepreneurship program can achieve.
2001 - Success named the IMBA program, along with the other College of Business entrepreneurship efforts, 13th among the top 50 graduate entrepreneurship program in the United States.
2000 – United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) named the IMBA program, along with other College of Business MBA entrepreneurship efforts, 2nd place National Model MBA Entrepreneurship Program. The University of Texas at Austin was named 1st.
1998 - Success magazine named the IMBA program, along with other College of Business entrepreneurship efforts, 7th among the top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs in the United States.
1997 - Success magazine named the IMBA program as one of the "Top 25" graduate programs for entrepreneurship education in the United States.
1996 - IMBA was recognized by Success magazine as one of the "10 Up-and-Coming" graduate entrepreneurship programs.
1996 - IMBA was recognized for "Innovation in Education" by the Mid-West Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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