News in Brief

Business is Booming

New Graduate School of Management and more

There was no shortage of good news in the College of Business Administration this spring. In the span of two weeks, BusinessWeek ranked Marquette in the top 50 undergraduate business programs, the CFA Institute named the Applied Investment Management program a key partner, and the university’s Board approved establishment of a Graduate School of Management.

BusinessWeek ranked the college 46th based on student engagement, outcomes following graduation and academic quality. To establish the ranking, the magazine and Cambria Consulting of Boston identified 84 schools that met stringent criteria; surveyed almost 100,000 business majors on curriculum, facilities, faculty and grading policies; and looked at how grads did in the job market.

Marquette’s AIM program became the first undergraduate program selected as a CFA Program Partner by the CFA Institute, an organization committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in investment practices and education. Marquette is one of just six universities named as partners.

The Graduate School of Management was launched July 1 and is focused on integrating all responsibilities of the professional master’s degree programs that reside in the college, including the M.B.A., executive M.B.A., and master’s programs in accounting, applied economics and human resources. Business graduate students enrolling this fall will be admitted to the school. The first degrees will be awarded at graduation in December.