Contact:
Jeff Fowler
Phone: 314.977.2540
fowlerjl@slu.edu

April 2, 2003

Entrepreneur magazine has named SLU’s entrepreneurship program as one of the best in the country. SLU’s program, in the management department in the John Cook School of Business, was ranked in the top tier of regional universities with comprehensive entrepreneurial programs. SLU’s program was also ranked in the top three by other entrepreneurship program directors around the country.

SLU entrepreneurship program has also been ranked in the top 20 in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

“We’re honored that Entrepreneur magazine joins others in recognizing SLU’s outstanding entrepreneurship program,” said Dr. Robert Brockhaus, Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship and director of the Jefferson Smurfit Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. “It’s especially gratifying that so many of our peers recognize us as one of the country’s very best programs.”

More than 700 entrepreneurship programs were evaluated for the Entrepreneur magazine study. More than 30 criteria were used, including course offerings, teaching and research faculty, business-community outreaches, research centers and institutes, degrees and certificates offered, and faculty and alumni evaluations. In addition, almost 300 colleges and universities responded to surveys designed to allow program directors, faculty and alumni to rank their own entrepreneurship programs against the competition.

The results of the study appears in the April issue of Entrepreneur, which is on newsstands now.

The SLU undergraduate entrepreneurship program is always named as one of the best in the country. In addition, the Jefferson Smurfit Center for Entrepreneurial Studies provides resources and promotes small business development on a national level. The Center also administers the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, which recognize college students who also own and run their own businesses.

You can see more about the awards at the Entrepreneur magazine website.