2026 Best Business Schools | How Alumni Rate Their Undergraduate Business Degrees

Syracuse

Culture Media creators and executives speak with Syracuse University students during a meetup and networking event hosted by the Center for the Creator Economy on Oct. 30, 2025, in Whitman’s Flaum Grand Hall.

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. 

We ask two questions in this category,  and the tables show the percent of alumni respondents answering “yes.”

Did you participate in one or more major experiential learning projects (e.g., project work, simulations, consulting projects, senior thesis, capstone experiences, career treks, study abroad, or similar) that you consider a key part of your business education?

2026  Rank
School
Percent Yes
37 Syracuse University (Whitman) 95.7%
56 Susquehanna University (Weis) 94.7%
48 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 92.3%
81 Hult International Business School 91.5%
54 Lipscomb University 90.9%
19 University of Washington (Foster) 89.7%
51 Butler University (Lacy) 89.5%
75 Marian University (Indianapolis) 88.2%
39 Miami University (Farmer) 87.7%
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 87.2%
9 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 86.5%
38 Bucknell University (Freeman) 86.4%
20 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 86.3%
83 Roger Williams University (Gabelli) 85.7%
29 Fordham University (Gabelli) 82.9%
77 Christopher Newport University (Luter) 82.4%
30 Tulane University (Freeman) 81.7%
2 University of Virginia (McIntire) 81.6%
82 Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) 81.1%
18 Boston University (Questrom) 81.0%
63 University of New Hampshire (Paul) 80.9%
15 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 80.0%
33 Elon University (Love) 78.6%
35 Brigham Young University (Marriott) 78.3%
69 University of San Diego (Knauss) 78.3%
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 77.8%
59 Bryant University 77.6%
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 77.1%
71 Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) 76.5%
40 University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds) 76.4%
4 University of Michigan (Ross) 76.2%
58 Seton Hall University (Stillman) 75.0%
43 Providence College 74.5%
13 Wake Forest University  74.2%
41 Fairfield University (Dolan) 73.3%
17 University of Richmond (Robins) 73.3%
23 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 73.3%
68 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 73.1%
96 American University (Kogod) 72.2%
49 University of Dayton 72.1%
66 University of St. Thomas (Opus) 71.7%
84 Ohio University 71.7%
10 Emory University (Goizueta) 71.2%
45 Marquette University 71.1%
70 St. John’s University (Tobin) 71.1%
67 The College of New Jersey 71.0%
3 Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) 70.4%
90 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 70.0%
80 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 70.0%
7 Georgetown University (McDonough) 69.1%
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 67.9%
47 University of Tennessee (Haslam) 67.5%
28 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 67.1%
93 University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) 67.1%
65 University of Evansville (Schroeder) 66.7%
102 University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) 66.7%
53 The Catholic University of America (Busch) 65.6%
64 University of Delaware (Lerner) 65.1%
101 University of Kansas  65.1%
12 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 65.0%
79 Drexel University (LeBow) 65.0%
94 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 64.5%
6 New York University (Stern) 63.5%
72 Adelphi University (Willumstad) 63.2%
44 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 63.2%
61 University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) 62.8%
46 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 62.5%
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 61.9%
14 Villanova University  61.9%
92 University of Mary Washington 61.5%
26 University of Pittsburgh  61.4%
27 Binghamton University 61.2%
21 University of Wisconsin-Madison 60.7%
36 University of Georgia (Terry) 60.3%
57 Texas A&M University (Mays) 60.0%
5 University of Southern California (Marshall) 60.0%
42 University of Rochester (Simon) 58.8%
97 Iona University (LaPenta) 58.3%
95 Ithaca College 57.1%
110 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 57.1%
31 Trinity University (Neidorff) 57.1%
73 Towson University 56.7%
50 Loyola Marymount University 56.4%
78 University of Connecticut 56.4%
24 William & Mary (Mason) 56.4%
88 Longwood University 56.3%
34 Lehigh University 54.4%
106 Oregon State University 53.7%
25 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 53.4%
52 University of Houston (Bauer) 52.8%
85 University of Denver (Daniels) 52.6%
89 Texas State University (McCoy) 51.5%
91 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 50.4%
76 Seattle University (Albers) 50.0%
108 Northern Illinois University 47.5%
60 North Carolina State University (Poole) 46.0%
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 45.2%
103 San Diego State University (Fowler) 42.2%
86 University of Oregon (Lundquist) 42.1%
61 Florida Southern College (Barnett) 41.2%
98 University of Michigan-Dearborn 41.0%
74 Rutgers Business School – Newark 40.0%
99 Sacred Heart University 40.0%
107 Stony Brook University 39.3%
55 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 34.9%
104 San Jose State University (Lucas) 33.3%
87 Hofstra University (Zarb) 31.0%
105 Florida International University  26.7%
100 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) 25.0%
109 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) 16.7%

 

Were you engaged in a global immersion, study abroad, or global project of any kind through the business program?

2026 Rank
School
Percent Yes
56 Susquehanna University (Weis) 79.0%
23 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 77.7%
33 Elon University (Love) 60.7%
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 60.0%
17 University of Richmond (Robins) 55.0%
6 New York University (Stern) 51.4%
37 Syracuse University (Whitman) 51.1%
81 Hult International Business School 51.1%
68 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 50.7%
9 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 50.0%
20 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 49.2%
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 47.9%
5 University of Southern California (Marshall) 46.9%
48 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 46.2%
3 Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) 44.4%
2 University of Virginia (McIntire) 44.4%
29 Fordham University (Gabelli) 43.4%
19 University of Washington (Foster) 42.2%
61 Florida Southern College (Barnett) 41.2%
69 University of San Diego (Knauss) 41.2%
40 University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds) 40.8%
70 St. John’s University (Tobin) 38.6%
30 Tulane University (Freeman) 37.9%
21 University of Wisconsin-Madison 37.8%
54 Lipscomb University 36.4%
4 University of Michigan (Ross) 36.1%
28 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 34.3%
7 Georgetown University (McDonough) 33.3%
65 University of Evansville (Schroeder) 33.3%
26 University of Pittsburgh  33.3%
47 University of Tennessee (Haslam) 32.9%
72 Adelphi University (Willumstad) 31.6%
59 Bryant University 31.6%
51 Butler University (Lacy) 31.6%
39 Miami University (Farmer) 31.6%
85 University of Denver (Daniels) 31.6%
71 Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) 31.3%
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 30.6%
80 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 30.0%
10 Emory University (Goizueta) 28.8%
41 Fairfield University (Dolan) 26.7%
57 Texas A&M University (Mays) 26.3%
86 University of Oregon (Lundquist) 26.3%
14 Villanova University  26.2%
79 Drexel University (LeBow) 25.9%
83 Roger Williams University (Gabelli) 25.7%
100 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) 25.0%
101 University of Kansas  24.5%
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 23.6%
36 University of Georgia (Terry) 23.5%
92 University of Mary Washington 23.1%
15 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 22.9%
38 Bucknell University (Freeman) 22.7%
66 University of St. Thomas (Opus) 21.6%
64 University of Delaware (Lerner) 21.2%
87 Hofstra University (Zarb) 20.7%
45 Marquette University 20.0%
34 Lehigh University 19.6%
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 19.5%
18 Boston University (Questrom) 19.0%
42 University of Rochester (Simon) 18.8%
77 Christopher Newport University (Luter) 17.7%
35 Brigham Young University (Marriott) 17.2%
60 North Carolina State University (Poole) 17.2%
93 University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) 17.1%
78 University of Connecticut 16.9%
75 Marian University (Indianapolis) 16.7%
99 Sacred Heart University 16.7%
61 University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) 16.7%
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 16.1%
53 The Catholic University of America (Busch) 15.9%
76 Seattle University (Albers) 15.8%
46 University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) 15.2%
96 American University (Kogod) 14.3%
31 Trinity University (Neidorff) 14.3%
43 Providence College 13.7%
84 Ohio University 13.3%
98 University of Michigan-Dearborn 13.2%
63 University of New Hampshire (Paul) 13.0%
13 Wake Forest University  12.9%
90 Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) 12.8%
97 Iona University (LaPenta) 12.5%
24 William & Mary (Mason) 12.5%
95 Ithaca College 12.2%
25 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 11.3%
89 Texas State University (McCoy) 11.2%
103 San Diego State University (Fowler) 11.0%
44 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) 10.5%
27 Binghamton University 10.2%
12 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 10.0%
110 Kennesaw State University (Coles) 9.5%
94 University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) 9.2%
105 Florida International University  7.0%
67 The College of New Jersey 6.5%
88 Longwood University 6.3%
91 Texas Tech University (Rawls) 5.6%
55 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 5.5%
82 Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) 5.4%
50 Loyola Marymount University 5.1%
73 Towson University 5.0%
52 University of Houston (Bauer) 5.0%
106 Oregon State University 4.9%
49 University of Dayton 4.8%
104 San Jose State University (Lucas) 4.2%
58 Seton Hall University (Stillman) 4.0%
108 Northern Illinois University 3.3%
74 Rutgers Business School – Newark 3.0%
107 Stony Brook University 0.0%
102 University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) 0.0%
109 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) 0.0%

 

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