Alums of Worcester Polytechnic’s Foisie School of Business were very pleased with the “signature experiences” they received in the undergraduate program, awarding WPI the highest score for them
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES
A hallmark of a quality business education is experiential learning – getting outside the classroom to work on real-life business problems, visit companies, and meet with business leaders.
This table shows how many alumni from each school answered “yes” to the following two questions:
- Were you engaged in a “signature experience” (project work, simulations, experiential learning, senior thesis, capstone project, etc.) through the business program that was a key part of your business education?
- Were you engaged in a global immersion, trip, or project of any kind through the business program?
Were you engaged in a “signature experience” (project work, simulations, experiential learning, senior thesis, capstone project, etc.) through the business program that was a key part of your business education? |
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| 2025 Overall Rank | School | Signature Experience |
| 42 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 100.0% |
| 39 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | 93.2% |
| 76 | Marian University (Indianapolis) | 90.5% |
| 66 | Seton Hall University (Stillman) | 88.2% |
| 78 | Roger Williams University (Gabelli) | 86.7% |
| 13 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | 86.3% |
| 28 | Texas Christian University (Neeley) | 85.2% |
| 16 | Boston University (Questrom) | 83.3% |
| 72 | Hult International Business School | 83.3% |
| 60 | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 83.3% |
| 58 | University of New Hampshire (Paul) | 83.3% |
| 45 | Miami University (Farmer) | 83.0% |
| 48 | Butler University (Lacy) | 82.1% |
| 53 | The College of New Jersey | 81.1% |
| 27 | Trinity University (Neidorff) | 80.8% |
| 79 | Ohio University | 80.4% |
| 54 | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | 80.0% |
| 19 | University of Illinois (Gies) | 79.2% |
| 73 | Iona University (LaPenta) | 79.2% |
| 37 | Fairfield University (Dolan) | 78.6% |
| 86 | University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) | 78.6% |
| 49 | University of Dayton | 78.3% |
| 46 | Lipscomb University | 77.8% |
| 65 | Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) | 77.5% |
| 51 | Bryant University | 76.7% |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 76.7% |
| 70 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | 76.1% |
| 71 | University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) | 76.0% |
| 4 | University of Virginia (McIntire) | 75.6% |
| 62 | University of St. Thomas (Opus) | 75.5% |
| 32 | University of Washington (Foster) | 75.4% |
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 74.3% |
| 102 | Adelphi University (Willumstad) | 72.7% |
| 29 | Fordham University (Gabelli) | 72.6% |
| 82 | Ithaca College | 71.4% |
| 11 | University of Michigan (Ross) | 71.0% |
| 3 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | 69.8% |
| 43 | Providence College | 68.9% |
| 25 | Bucknell University (Freeman) | 68.4% |
| 23 | Indiana University (Kelley) | 67.8% |
| 93 | American University (Kogod) | 67.6% |
| 31 | Binghamton University | 67.4% |
| 64 | St. John’s University (Tobin) | 67.3% |
| 83 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | 66.7% |
| 47 | Brigham Young University (Marriott) | 65.6% |
| 67 | Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) | 65.0% |
| 12 | Villanova University | 65.0% |
| 18 | Wake Forest University | 63.9% |
| 38 | Elon University (Love) | 63.0% |
| 24 | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | 62.9% |
| 6 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | 62.8% |
| 91 | Saint Joseph’s University (Haub) | 62.8% |
| 33 | University of Georgia (Terry) | 62.5% |
| 95 | University of Akron | 61.9% |
| 68 | Michigan State University (Broad) | 61.4% |
| 52 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | 61.0% |
| 50 | Texas A&M University (Mays) | 61.0% |
| 35 | Tulane University (Freeman) | 60.0% |
| 75 | Texas State University (McCoy) | 59.7% |
| 2 | Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) | 58.8% |
| 40 | University of Houston (Bauer) | 58.6% |
| 101 | San Diego State University (Fowler) | 58.3% |
| 56 | University of San Diego (Knauss) | 58.1% |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) | 58.0% |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh | 57.6% |
| 5 | New York University (Stern) | 54.8% |
| 55 | Loyola Marymount University | 54.6% |
| 20 | William & Mary (Mason) | 54.6% |
| 98 | Northern Illinois University | 53.9% |
| 17 | University of Richmond (Robins) | 53.7% |
| 4 | Georgetown University (McDonough) | 52.0% |
| 90 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | 51.5% |
| 81 | University of Denver (Daniels) | 51.4% |
| 26 | Lehigh University | 51.2% |
| 61 | Florida Southern College (Barnett) | 50.0% |
| 97 | San Jose State University (Lucas) | 50.0% |
| 63 | University of Connecticut | 50.0% |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 50.0% |
| 85 | Sacred Heart University | 49.1% |
| 96 | Oregon State University | 48.7% |
| 69 | Drexel University (LeBow) | 48.0% |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | 47.7% |
| 30 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | 47.6% |
| 57 | University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) | 47.6% |
| 36 | Purdue University (Daniels) | 47.3% |
| 8 | Emory University (Goizueta) | 46.4% |
| 77 | Seattle University (Albers) | 45.8% |
| 99 | Iowa State University (Ivy) | 45.2% |
| 59 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | 44.7% |
| 84 | University of Mary Washington | 44.4% |
| 89 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | 43.6% |
| 74 | Towson University | 43.1% |
| 87 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) | 42.5% |
| 104 | Kennesaw State University (Coles) | 41.2% |
| 100 | University of Kansas | 39.1% |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 37.2% |
| 21 | University of Miami (Herbert) | 35.5% |
| 80 | Rutgers Business School – Newark | 34.4% |
| 88 | Florida International University | 33.0% |
| 9 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 32.4% |
| 44 | Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick | 29.7% |
| 94 | University of Kentucky (Gatton) | 29.4% |
| 103 | University of Texas at Arlington | 14.3% |
| 92 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) | 0.0% |
Were you engaged in a global immersion, trip, or project of any kind through the business program? |
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| 2025 Overall Rank | School |
Global Experience
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| 3 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | 72.1% |
| 38 | Elon University (Love) | 57.4% |
| 46 | Lipscomb University | 55.6% |
| 9 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 48.5% |
| 5 | New York University (Stern) | 46.6% |
| 51 | Bryant University | 41.1% |
| 13 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | 40.6% |
| 72 | Hult International Business School | 40.0% |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh | 36.7% |
| 50 | Texas A&M University (Mays) | 35.6% |
| 64 | St. John’s University (Tobin) | 34.6% |
| 45 | Miami University (Farmer) | 34.0% |
| 92 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) | 33.3% |
| 24 | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | 32.1% |
| 29 | Fordham University (Gabelli) | 31.1% |
| 100 | University of Kansas | 30.4% |
| 6 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | 30.2% |
| 67 | Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) | 30.0% |
| 28 | Texas Christian University (Neeley) | 29.6% |
| 23 | Indiana University (Kelley) | 28.4% |
| 54 | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | 28.0% |
| 60 | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 27.8% |
| 69 | Drexel University (LeBow) | 26.7% |
| 42 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 25.0% |
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 24.3% |
| 4 | Georgetown University (McDonough) | 22.9% |
| 85 | Sacred Heart University | 22.8% |
| 57 | University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) | 22.2% |
| 12 | Villanova University | 21.7% |
| 86 | University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) | 21.4% |
| 11 | University of Michigan (Ross) | 21.3% |
| 19 | University of Illinois (Gies) | 21.1% |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | 20.5% |
| 79 | Ohio University | 20.3% |
| 17 | University of Richmond (Robins) | 19.5% |
| 48 | Butler University (Lacy) | 18.5% |
| 36 | Purdue University (Daniels) | 18.2% |
| 32 | University of Washington (Foster) | 17.5% |
| 25 | Bucknell University (Freeman) | 15.8% |
| 59 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | 15.8% |
| 71 | University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) | 15.6% |
| 82 | Ithaca College | 14.3% |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 14.3% |
| 103 | University of Texas at Arlington | 14.3% |
| 52 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | 14.0% |
| 55 | Loyola Marymount University | 13.6% |
| 87 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) | 13.6% |
| 49 | University of Dayton | 13.3% |
| 56 | University of San Diego (Knauss) | 13.3% |
| 47 | Brigham Young University (Marriott) | 13.1% |
| 75 | Texas State University (McCoy) | 13.1% |
| 70 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | 13.0% |
| 16 | Boston University (Questrom) | 12.5% |
| 65 | Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) | 12.5% |
| 78 | Roger Williams University (Gabelli) | 12.5% |
| 62 | University of St. Thomas (Opus) | 12.2% |
| 26 | Lehigh University | 12.2% |
| 35 | Tulane University (Freeman) | 12.0% |
| 2 | Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) | 11.8% |
| 66 | Seton Hall University (Stillman) | 11.8% |
| 33 | University of Georgia (Terry) | 11.8% |
| 27 | Trinity University (Neidorff) | 11.5% |
| 68 | Michigan State University (Broad) | 11.4% |
| 20 | William & Mary (Mason) | 11.4% |
| 53 | The College of New Jersey | 10.8% |
| 89 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | 10.7% |
| 8 | Emory University (Goizueta) | 10.4% |
| 81 | University of Denver (Daniels) | 10.1% |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 10.0% |
| 61 | Florida Southern College (Barnett) | 10.0% |
| 21 | University of Miami (Herbert) | 9.7% |
| 63 | University of Connecticut | 9.5% |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 9.3% |
| 58 | University of New Hampshire (Paul) | 9.3% |
| 102 | Adelphi University (Willumstad) | 9.1% |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) | 8.6% |
| 31 | Binghamton University | 8.2% |
| 94 | University of Kentucky (Gatton) | 8.1% |
| 93 | American University (Kogod) | 8.1% |
| 30 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | 8.1% |
| 91 | Saint Joseph’s University (Haub) | 8.0% |
| 40 | University of Houston (Bauer) | 7.6% |
| 88 | Florida International University | 7.5% |
| 99 | Iowa State University (Ivy) | 7.1% |
| 95 | University of Akron | 7.1% |
| 39 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | 7.0% |
| 104 | Kennesaw State University (Coles) | 5.9% |
| 18 | Wake Forest University | 5.6% |
| 97 | San Jose State University (Lucas) | 5.5% |
| 96 | Oregon State University | 5.4% |
| 4 | University of Virginia (McIntire) | 4.9% |
| 76 | Marian University (Indianapolis) | 4.8% |
| 43 | Providence College | 4.4% |
| 77 | Seattle University (Albers) | 4.2% |
| 80 | Rutgers Business School – Newark | 3.2% |
| 90 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | 3.1% |
| 44 | Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick | 2.8% |
| 83 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | 2.1% |
| 37 | Fairfield University (Dolan) | 0.0% |
| 73 | Iona University (LaPenta) | 0.0% |
| 98 | Northern Illinois University | 0.0% |
| 101 | San Diego State University (Fowler) | 0.0% |
| 74 | Towson University | 0.0% |
| 84 | University of Mary Washington | 0.0% |
OVERALL EXPERIENCE SATISFACTION? (Page 1)
WAS THE DEGREE WORTH THE TIME AND COST? (Page 2)
FACULTY QUALITY & ACCESSIBILITY (Page 3)
ADVISING QUALITY (Page 4)
BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK (Page 5)
CLIMBING THE LADDER (Page 6)
CAREER OUTCOMES (Page 7)
SKILL DEVELOPMENT (Page 8)
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE (Page 9)
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