For the fourth year in a row, Rensselaer’s Lally School ranked in the top 50 undergraduate business programs in the U.S., advancing two places from its 2009 ranking at #36.
Lally continues to deliver high-quality business education in one of the most personalized classroom settings of the top programs. Of the 139 programs eligible for ranking by Business Week, Lally’s program was the third smallest as measured by overall enrollment of 379 students, 8th smallest by faculty student ratio of 11.0, and had an average class size of 31 students.
At the same time, Lally graduates are well prepared for career success:
median starting salaries for Lally graduates, at $55,000, ranked 7th
highest among schools surveyed, tying with 13 other schools, including #1
ranked Notre Dame, and several top-10 schools such as Cornell, Boston College,
University of Virginia, and UC Berkeley/Haas. Students reported finding
jobs most often in technology, financial services and consulting firms with
companies such as Avenity, Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
BusinessWeek also cited student survey quotes on entrepreneurship training at Lally: "I think Rensselaer is one of the only schools that stresses entrepreneurship very heavily in the curriculum. I will feel very comfortable getting together with colleagues in the near future and starting a business, thanks to the skills that I have developed at Rensselaer."
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Link to Business Week 2010 Rankings