U.S. News & World Report Magazine Ranks Babson #1 Undergraduate Program For Entrepreneurship - 14th Consecutive Time

WELLESLEY, Mass., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report has ranked Babson College the #1 Undergraduate Program for Entrepreneurship. This is the 14th consecutive time that U.S. News has ranked Babson #1 in this category.

Babson also tied for #23 in the Best Business Programs ranking.

"With many other institutions devoting significant resources to entrepreneurship, the recognition that we have retained and extended our #1 position is enormously gratifying. We are continuing to extend our leadership to entrepreneurial thought and action in the broadest array of settings. Our leadership as the #1 undergraduate school for entrepreneurship education goes hand in hand with our move upward as #23 among the best 25 undergraduate business schools in the country," said President Len Schlesinger.

The story of entrepreneurship at Babson is a story of firsts. Babson College was the first academic institution to:

• offer graduate and undergraduate courses in entrepreneurship;
• create an entrepreneurship center;
• run an undergraduate business plan competition;
• organize a conference to showcase global thought leadership in entrepreneurship research;
• develop a multidisciplinary integrated graduate curriculum that follows the life cycle of a business;
• provide an experiential venture creation undergraduate curriculum; and develop and host a symposium for entrepreneurship educators.

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Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.

SOURCE Babson College