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Think you've got what it takes to start a business? Time to get educated. To get your schooling underway, we present the annual Princeton Review ranking of the top 25 undergraduate and top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs offered at U.S. institutions.Top 25 Colleges for Entrepreneurship for 2015 (Undergrad)
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Babson College Lunder Hall Babson Park, MA 2457
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Babson College currently offers 55 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 118 companies.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $75,000 in cash prizes and $34,500 in prize money was won in other competitions.
100 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 927 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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$19,380
$8,760
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Location: 528 UCBB 334 Melcher Hall Houston, TX 77204
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University of Houston currently offers 31 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 66 companies and have collectively raised $7,215,309 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $8,000 in cash prizes and $274,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
100 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 266 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1977
$34,480
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One Bear Place #98006 Waco, TX 76798
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Baylor University currently offers 29 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 200 companies and have collectively raised $2,000,000 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $100,000 in cash prizes and $400,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
100 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 113 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1989
$9,700
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470 TNRB Provo, UT 84602
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Brigham Young University currently offers 32 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 256 companies and have collectively raised $159,838,500 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $312,500 in cash prizes and $200,150 in prize money was won in other competitions.
90 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 201 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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2004
$16,902
$4,128
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1003 Asp Ave. Room 1036 Norman, OK 73019
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University of Oklahoma currently offers 28 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 70 companies and have collectively raised $306,659,539 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $295,000 in cash prizes and $33,500 in prize money was won in other competitions.
100 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 450 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1996
$40,380
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721 University Ave. Suite 508 Syracuse, NY 13244
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Syracuse University currently offers 64 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $160,000 in cash prizes and $360,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
100 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 300 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1980
$40,780
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360 Huntington Ave 209 Hayden Hall Boston, MA 2115
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Northeastern University currently offers 35 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 400 companies and have collectively raised $12,200,000 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $250,000 in cash prizes and $448,250 in prize money was won in other competitions.
60 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 60 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1971
$47,562
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Bridge Hall One 3670 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089
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University of Southern California currently offers 23 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 250 companies.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $270,000 in cash prizes.
91 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 150 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1995
$16,050
$6,030
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55 Lexington Ave. B9-240 New York, NY 10010
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Bernard Baruch College, The City University of New York currently offers 16 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 1000 companies and have collectively raised $70,000,000 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $250,000 in cash prizes and $250,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
75 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 54 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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2003
$29,640
$13,553
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2078 Farmer School of Business Oxford, OH 45056
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Miami University currently offers 39 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 30 companies and have collectively raised $1,554,650 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $63,400 in cash prizes and $7,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
70 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 251 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1997
$23,432
$13,406
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1801 Liacouras Walk 538 Alter Hall Philadelphia, PA 19122
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Temple University currently offers 47 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 81 companies and have collectively raised $7,255,550 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $230,000 in cash prizes and $239,357 in prize money was won in other competitions.
96 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 127 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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$31,674
$12,844
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401B Kenan Center Campus Box 3440 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill currently offers 41 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $130,000 in cash prizes.
95 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 150 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1999
$37,230
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300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469
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University of Dayton currently offers 30 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 107 companies and have collectively raised $1,125,250 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $83,000 in cash prizes and $107,500 in prize money was won in other competitions.
75 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 111 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1994
$41,690
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PO Box 5765 Potsdam, NY 13699
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Clarkson University currently offers 21 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 22 companies and have collectively raised $798,000 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $908,600 in cash prizes and $400,240 in prize money was won in other competitions.
73 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 51 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1986
$34,390
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1. E. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604
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DePaul University currently offers 16 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 95 companies and have collectively raised $1,857,000 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $10,000 in cash prizes and $20,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
100 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 165 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Campus Box 1133 Saint Louis, MO 63130
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Washington University in St. Louis currently offers 30 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $317,500 in cash prizes and $1,477,500 in prize money was won in other competitions.
43.75 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 192 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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$44,520
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11 E. Packer Avenue Baker Institute, Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015
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Lehigh University currently offers 31 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 153 companies and have collectively raised $209,363,791 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $33,350 in cash prizes and $135,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
77 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 71 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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$41,578
$13,158
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2281 Bonisteel Boulevard 3350 Duderstadt Center Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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University of Michigan currently offers 48 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 92 companies and have collectively raised $1,287,750 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $137,200 in cash prizes.
57 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 115 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1991
$32,424
$11,305
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Foster School of Business 227 Dempsey Hall, Box 353223 Seattle, WA 98195
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University of Washington currently offers 15 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 125 companies and have collectively raised $8,721,010 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $293,520 in cash prizes and $425,520 in prize money was won in other competitions.
77 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 219 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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$38,510
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Texas Christian University TCU Box 298530 Fort Worth, TX 76129
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Texas Christian University currently offers 29 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 34 companies and have collectively raised $1,597,400 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $73,000 in cash prizes and $4,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
44.4 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 118 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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2009
$27,905
$7,612
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University of Maryland Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 3300 College Park, MD 20742
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University of Maryland currently offers 101 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $845,250 in cash prizes and $114,730 in prize money was won in other competitions.
66 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 113 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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1984
$28,416
$9,952
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1130 E. Helen Street, McClelland Hall 202A Tucson, AZ 85721
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University of Arizona currently offers 15 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 22 companies and have collectively raised $200,000 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $60,000 in cash prizes and $214,550 in prize money was won in other competitions.
70 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 20 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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$37,350
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Saint Louis University - JCSB 3674 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108
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Saint Louis University currently offers 57 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 24 companies and have collectively raised $310,000 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $45,000 in cash prizes and $35,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
50 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 61 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
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$30,500
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Westlake 135 1501 W. Bradley Avenue Peoria, IL 61625
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Bradley University currently offers 25 entrepreneurship-related undergraduate courses. Over the last five years, its graduates have started 177 companies and have collectively raised $1,327,500 in funding.
The 2013-14 business plan competition awards $15,000 in cash prizes and $17,000 in prize money was won in other competitions.
91 percent of the total undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty have started, bought, or run a successful business. 30 individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program.
* University of Missouri Kansas City was removed from the #25 slot on 2015 Top Entrepreneurial Programs: Undergraduate due to falsification of data. Schools earn a spot on our entrepreneurship ranking through school-reported data. Every school signs an affidavit to ensure their information is accurate.
