The Boston College Carroll School of Management has taken a leap in the annual rankings of undergraduate business programs by U.S. News & World Report, rising to number 24 nationally, eight steps above its showing last year.
Meanwhile, four academic departments at the Carroll School landed in the top 10 of their disciplines, led by Finance (7th in the nation).
U.S. News released its closely watched survey, on September 22. The assessment is purely reputational鈥斺�渂ased on peer assessment surveys of deans and senior faculty from accredited U.S. institutions,鈥� the publication said. Altogether, 535 schools of management were ranked in the survey.
The Carroll School鈥檚 overall ranking of number 24 represents a tie with six other business schools, all at public universities. In recent years, the U.S. News undergraduate surveys have skewed heavily toward public institutions with higher numbers of students eligible for Pell Grants. Among business schools at private universities only, the Carroll School placed 9th overall, right behind Georgetown, Notre Dame, and Rice University.
Among business schools in New England, public or private, the Carroll School ranked 2nd, behind only the MIT Sloan School of Management (which placed 2nd nationally). Other schools in the region that registered in the top 50 were Boston University (33rd), Babson (39th), and Northeastern (50th). The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School was first in the nation.
The specialty rankings threw a sharper light on how peers with knowledge of specific disciplines assess the Carroll School鈥檚 academic departments and programs. Along with Finance at number 7, three other departments ranked in the top 10: Business Analytics (8th), Marketing (9th), and Management and Organization (10th). Added to these were Accounting (11th) and the Entrepreneurship program (14th).
The rankings are compiled as part of the annual undergraduate survey, 鈥淏est Colleges,鈥� which uses a broader methodology that ranges from graduation rates to faculty research to the number of Pell Grant-eligible students. Boston College as a national university ranked 31st, five points above last year鈥檚 ranking and 24th among private universities.
