Eighty-five Business Schools Extend Their AACSB Accreditation in Business or Accounting

TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AACSB International announced today that 85 business schools have extended their accreditation in business and/or accounting. Founded in 1916, AACSB International (AACSB) is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's, and doctorate degrees in business and accounting.

AACSB Accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education, and has been earned by less than five percent of the world's business schools. Today, there are 694 business schools in 45 countries and territories that have earned AACSB Accreditation. Similarly, 181 institutions hold an additional specialized AACSB Accreditation for their accounting programs.

"AACSB commends each institution for their exemplary work in holding the highest honor in business school accreditation," said Robert D. Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. "Business schools must not only meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, faculty, and professional staff must make a commitment to ongoing continuous improvement to ensure that the institution will continue to deliver the highest quality of education to students."

Achieving accreditation is a process of rigorous internal review, evaluation, and adjustment and can take several years to complete. During these years, the school develops and implements a plan to meet AACSB's Accreditation standards, which require a high quality teaching environment, innovative programming, and active engagement with industry. In addition, as required by the AACSB Standards, all accredited schools must go through a continuous improvement peer review process every five years in order to retain their accreditation.

To realize accounting accreditation, an institution must first earn AACSB business accreditation. Then, in addition to developing and implementing a mission-driven plan to satisfy the business accreditation quality standards, accounting accreditation requires the satisfaction of an additional set of standards that are specific to the discipline and profession of accounting.

As ratified by the Board of Directors of AACSB International, the following schools have extended their accreditation in business and/or accounting:

Schools Extending Their Business Accreditation
Abilene Christian University (United States)
Adelphi University (United States)
Alfred University (United States)
American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Arizona State University (United States)
Auburn University at Montgomery (United States)
Butler University (United States)
California State University, Fresno (United States)
California State University, Fullerton (United States)
California State University, Long Beach (United States)
California State University, San Bernardino (United States)
Chapman University (United States)
Claremont Graduate University (United States)
Clarion University of Pennsylvania (United States)
Colorado State University-Pueblo (United States)
Columbus State University (United States)
Durham University (United Kingdom)
EDHEC Business School, Lille and Nice (France)
Elon University (United States)
Florida Atlantic University (United States)
Florida State University (United States)
Fordham University (United States)
Georgetown University (United States)
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management (Germany)
Howard University (United States)
IMD (Switzerland)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (South Korea)
Le Moyne College (United States)
Loyola Marymount University (United States)
Manhattan College (United States)
Morehead State University (United States)
New York University (United States)
Northeastern University (United States)
Northern Arizona University (United States)
Northern Illinois University (United States)
Ohio University (United States)
Oklahoma State University (United States)
Pittsburg State University (United States)
Robert Morris University (United States)
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick (United States)
Saint Mary's University (Canada)
Simmons College (United States)
St. John's University (United States)
State University of New York College at Brockport (United States)
Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea)
Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (United States)
Texas Tech University (United States)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China)
The Ohio State University (United States)
The Pennsylvania State University (United States)
The University of Iowa (United States)
The University of North Carolina at Asheville (United States)
Toulouse Business School - Groupe ESC Toulouse (France)
Tulane University (United States)
United Arab Emirates University (UAE)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (United States)
University of Dayton (United States)
University of Detroit Mercy (United States)
University of Dubai (UAE)
University of Florida (United States)
University of Houston-Downtown (United States)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
University of Massachusetts Lowell (United States)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (United States)
University of Nevada, Reno (United States)
University of Notre Dame (United States)
University of Rochester (United States)
University of San Diego (United States)
University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee (United States)
University of Southern Indiana (United States)
University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (United States)
University of Virginia-Darden (United States)
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (United States)
Vlerick Business School (Belgium)
Washington State University (United States)
Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)
Yonsei University (South Korea)

Schools Extending Their Accounting Accreditation
Arizona State University (United States)
Auburn University Montgomery (United States)
Bowling Green State University (United States)
California State University, Fullerton (United States)
Florida State University (United States)
Northern Illinois University (United States)
Ohio University (United States)
Oklahoma State University (United States)
St. John's University (United States)
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (United States)
Texas Christian University (United States)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
The George Washington University (United States)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China)
The Ohio State University (United States)
The University of Iowa (United States)
Truman State University (United States)
United Arab Emirates University (UAE)
University of Dayton (United States)
University of Florida (United States)
University of Illinois at Chicago (United States)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (United States)
University of Nevada, Reno (United States)
University of Notre Dame (United States)
University of San Diego (United States)
University of Southern Indiana (United States)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (United States)
Washington State University (United States)

About AACSB International
AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), founded in 1916, is an association of more than 1,400 educational institutions, businesses, and other organizations in 87 countries and territories. AACSB's mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation, thought leadership, and value-added services. As the premier accreditation body for institutions offering undergraduate, master's, and doctorate degrees in business and accounting, the association also conducts a wide array of conferences and seminar programs at locations throughout the world. AACSB's global headquarters is located in Tampa, Florida, USA and its Asia Pacific headquarters is located in Singapore. For more information, please visit: www.aacsb.edu.

SOURCE The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business