The UofL College of Business MBA program has received another endorsement from a national rankings organization, this one based on student comments.
     In the just-released 2010 edition of its “Best 301 Business Schools” guidebook, The Princeton Review offers a glowing two-page profile of the college, its programs and faculty.  The list was compiled according to how 19,000 students attending 301 business schools rated their campus experience in an 80-question survey. The surveys were compiled over a three-year period from 2006-09.

     The UofL College of Business received an overall academic experience rating of 89, besting the University of Kentucky (79), University of Tennessee (87), University of Cincinnati (82), Bellarmine (73) and the University of Missouri (85).  IU Southeast was not included in the ratings, but Indiana University topped all schools in the region with a 95.
     Quoting the UofL students, The Princeton Review wrote:  “Most professors have an innovative approach to teaching and look for ways to make their classes better.”
     Students praised faculty for “demonstrating meaningful real-world knowledge through prior experiences.”
     “We may not be Harvard or Wharton, but we still product some of the world’s leaders in business,” said another student.  “The MBA program offers a great work/life balance.”
     The profile praised the college’s nationally ranked Entrepreneurship MBA and promoted the innovative new 13-month Full-Time MBA scheduled for introduction in fall 2010.  
     According to one Entrepreneurship MBA student, that program “is designed to give me everything I wanted in a graduate business program.  Everything I have learned has been applied in my professional life.”
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