| Today the field of entrepreneurship has become an | | | | network. For those of you who are interested, |
| accepted part of the higher education curriculum. | | | | below is a list of the 10 best undergraduate |
| This was not always the case. Only about 16 | | | | entrepreneurship programs by US News & |
| colleges and universities offered entrepreneurship | | | | World Report. |
| courses in 1970. By 2005 however, over 2,000 | | | | 1. Babson College – MA |
| universities offered these types of classes. The real | | | | 2. University of Pennsylvania – PA |
| growth in entrepreneurship programs began in the | | | | 3. University of Southern California – CA |
| early 1990's and has continued to this day. Now | | | | 4. Indiana University (Bloomington) – IN |
| students have the option to major in | | | | 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MA |
| entrepreneurship and even social entrepreneurship at | | | | 6. Syracuse University – NY |
| some schools. | | | | 7. University of Arizona – AZ |
| Does this mean we will see a drastic increase in the | | | | 8. University of California (Berkeley) – CA |
| number of start-ups? No, the studies show this is | | | | 9. University of Texas (Austin) – TX |
| not the case. Since the 1970's the number of | | | | 10. Ball State University – IN |
| start-ups has fluctuated very little. This fact brings | | | | Those of you who wish to use business as a means |
| up many important questions (are entrepreneurs born | | | | of social change, the 10 business schools below |
| or made? etc.) that we will not get into here. | | | | emphasize the environment, business ethics, and |
| However, there are many positives to taking courses | | | | social entrepreneurship. Taken from the Beyond |
| in entrepreneurship. The Harvard Graduate School of | | | | Grey Pinstripes research survey. |
| Education found that students who have taken a | | | | 1. University of Michigan (Ross) |
| 50+ hour course in entrepreneurship are more | | | | 2. Yale School of Management |
| interested in furthering education and career | | | | 3. Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| aspirations, feel more control over their lives, and | | | | 4. Notre Dame (Mendoza) |
| display an increase in leadership behavior. | | | | 4. UC Berkeley (Haas) |
| For those of you considering going to college (or | | | | 6. NYU (Stern) |
| perhaps back to college), a degree in | | | | 7. Columbia Business School |
| entrepreneurship may interest you. Although you | | | | 8. University of Virginia (Darden) |
| clearly do not need a college degree to become an | | | | 9. Cornell (Johnson) |
| entrepreneur, it can give you a greater sense of | | | | 10. |
| security and confidence and is also a great place to | | | | |