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The Carroll School of Management is ranked among the nation's top 10, according to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek "Best Undergraduate Business Schools" 2012 rankings.
The Carroll School, which enrolls approximately 2,000 students, climbed to ninth among US business schools, up from 16th place last year. The school earned high marks from students for the quality of its teaching, facilities and resources within Fulton Hall, and career placement services, according to the rankings.
The Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings are based on measures of student satisfaction, post-graduation outcomes, and academic quality. Approximately 86,000 graduating seniors at more than 140 universities received a 50-question survey focused on topics ranging from the quality of teaching to recreational facilities. The 2012 responses were then combined with marks from the 2010 and 2011 surveys to determine the current rankings.
According to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek profile, the Carroll School has an 85.9 percent job placement rate, 91 percent of its students obtain internships and top employers of Carroll School graduates are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche and Barclays Capital.