U.S. News & World Report Ranks Babson No. 1 For Entrepreneurship For The 19th Consecutive Time

WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report has ranked Babson College No. 1 in entrepreneurship for an unprecedented 19th time. MIT, University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, and University of Pennsylvania round out the top five colleges for entrepreneurship.

Babson ranks 29th overall for its business program, equal to last year's position. This year Babson is tied with Arizona State University, Texas A&M University, University of Florida, and University of Georgia.

"As the world leader in entrepreneurship education, Babson is proud and honored to be recognized for the nineteenth consecutive time by U.S. News and World Report for the unique experience we provide our students and the positive difference Babson entrepreneurs are making in business and beyond," said Babson President Kerry Healey.

The U.S. News success is one of many for Babson as the academic year begins.

• Babson has welcomed the undergraduate Class of 2019 to campus. First-year applications for Babson's Centennial Class rose 21 percent from the year before and represent the highest SAT averages in Babson history.
• Babson once again is the top private business school for salary potential of graduates, according to the 2015–2016 PayScale College Salary Report.
• Money magazine has named Babson the No. 2 college in the United States on its Best Colleges list, second only to Stanford and ahead of MIT.
• Through Babson's redesigned, award-winning Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME) course—which requires all first-year undergraduate students to start and run a business and donate the profits to charity—members of the Class of 2018 raised more than $18,000 for local social-service agencies.
• Babson's Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL) is celebrating 15 years of excellence and is welcoming participants for the 3rd Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab, a first-of-its kind, yearlong program designed to empower women students and alumnae to build their entrepreneurial ventures.
• Babson is holding dedication ceremonies today for the Leonard A. Schlesinger Innovation Center, located in the new living/learning residential space. The Park Manor West residence hall provides centralized space for first-year students, affording them more opportunities for spontaneous interaction and collaboration in the heart of the Babson campus.
• Babson has joined over 45 business schools in committing to a set of best practices that offer concrete strategies for business schools to help women succeed throughout school and in their careers.

The full results of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2016 are available at www.usnews.com/education.

About the U.S. News & World Report Ranking

According to U.S. News & World Report, its rankings are based solely on surveys of business school deans and senior faculty. Participants were asked to rate the quality of business programs with which they're familiar on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished); 37 percent of those surveyed responded to the most recent survey conducted in the spring of 2015. Two years of data were used to calculate the peer assessment score. Deans and faculty members also were asked to nominate the 10 best programs in a number of specialty areas.

About Babson College

Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds ^®. The top-ranked college for entrepreneurship education, Babson is a dynamic living and learning laboratory where students, faculty, and staff work together to address the real-world problems of business and society. We prepare the entrepreneurial leaders our world needs most: those with strong functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a common purpose to make a difference in the world, and have an impact on organizations of all sizes and types. As we have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought and Action ^® as the most positive force on the planet for generating sustainable economic and social value.

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