Risky Business

The Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs

By Matthew Bandyk

Posted: September 11, 2008

Budding high-school-age aspiring capitalists out there, take note: Entrepreneur magazine and Princeton Review have put together a list of the top undergraduate and graduate programs in the country. Here's what came out on top:

Top Undergrad Programs

  1. University of Houston
  2. Babson College
  3. Drexel University
  4. University of Dayton
  5. University of Arizona
  6. Temple University
  7. DePaul University
  8. University of Oklahoma
  9. University of Southern California
  10. Chapman University

Top Graduate Programs

  1. Babson College
  2. DePaul University
  3. University of Southern California
  4. University of Arizona
  5. University of South Florida
  6. University of Illinois—Chicago
  7. University of California—Los Angeles
  8. Drexel University
  9. Chapman University
  10. University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

Studying entrepreneurship as a focus is a great thing. But I would just add one caveat for those potential entrepreneurs out there: Many of the most successful start-ups are launched not by people who studied entrepreneurship itself or even business more broadly but by people who gained expertise in different fields, such as the sciences, and then applied that knowledge to the business world. You can read more here and here.

Chapman U

How did my almost-alma mater get on that list?

Justin L of MA @ Sep 25, 2008 18:52:00 PM

I noticed Miami University is not on the list

For a school that embraces entrepreneurism Miami doesn't exactly assist their entrepreneurial students along even though they have a program and purport to want to be a top school for this program. 2009 is almost here, MU. Where are you?

Connor Jameson of OH @ Sep 11, 2008 15:50:09 PM

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Matt Bandyk, a reporter for U.S. News, explores capitalism from where it all begins, with the entrepreneur, whose risk taking and experimentation provide the roots from which the rest of the economy grows. As much courage as it takes to create one's own business, even the entrepreneur needs some help, and this blog will look at news, trends, and practical advice for starting and running a small business.

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