Part of this profile was updated with AI and edited by Poets&Quants.
The Farmer School of Business at Miami University finished No. 39 on Poets&Quants’ 2026 ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Programs in the U.S. In our three methodological categories, it finished No. 58 in Admission Standards, No. 21 in Career Outcomes, and No. 27 in Academic Experience.
The B-school’s acceptance rate for the fall 2025 incoming class was 55.7%, and the class also reported an average SAT score of 1,236. Its six-year graduation rate is 86.5%.
In career data, 96% of both the Class of 2025 and the Class of 2024 completed at least one business-specific internship before graduation. 98.59% of 2025 grads found jobs within three months, compared to 96.59% of 2024 grads.
Average salary for the most recent graduates was $70,986.50, with 38.8% of them reporting an average signing bonus of $6,160.03. The top employers included Arrive Logistics, Cintas, Plante Moran, RSM US LLP, Oracle, Cincinnati Insurance, Crowe LLP, Gartner, Insight Global, and Fifth Third.
FIRST-YEAR INTEGRATED CORE
All FSB students participate in hands-on learning, starting their first year. FSB students can choose from 11 majors and co-majors, including Accountancy, Business Analytics, Business Economics, Business Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Capital Management and Leadership, Information and Cybersecurity Management, Marketing, Real Estate, and Supply Chain and Operations Management.
Every first-year business student completes the eight-credit, four-course First-Year Integrated Core curriculum. In FYIC, students work on a real client project using real client data while building skills in critical thinking, collaboration, ethical thinking/cultural intelligence, communication, creative thinking, and computational thinking and coding.
“Every possible interview question an employer asks you, the First-Year Integrated Core sets you up to answer them – to think critically about your role in a team and how the people you work with will impact you and your development,” says a current FSB student.
HANDS-ON LEARNING RUNS THROUGH THE CURRICULM
One of the main benefits of the Farmer program is how deeply experiential learning runs through the school. Miami says every Farmer student has multiple opportunities for hands-on learning, solving real problems for real clients, competing in intra- and inter-collegiate competitions, and working with business leaders through projects, internships, and consulting engagements. Those experiences begin in FYIC and continue across the curriculum.
That practical bent extends well beyond Oxford. Farmer’s Global Studies office promotes winter programs in Asia, Australia, Costa Rica, Italy, London and Dublin, and Spain, along with a Barcelona internship option in summer 2026 and semester opportunities through Miami’s co-sponsored study abroad programs. In the approved 2026 profile materials, the school also reports that 100% of the graduating Class of 2025 participated in a consulting project with an external organization and that students have dedicated business school-specific career services.
At the FSB, students are given a strong, goal-oriented foundation in business. No matter what path or discipline they pursue, they are given a wide range of opportunities to apply classroom learning in real business settings.
ALUMNI SAY
“We had FYIC at Miami which groups you with a specifically chosen team that attend the same 4 classes together. It taught very early on what it was like to be a team player and and how to work with others. It was truly a great learning opportunity and allows you to practice key business skills in a safe environment with low stakes. Separately, in our derivatives call (Future, Forwards and Swaps) we would have real time market simulations and trade as different “firms”.
It was difficult but the experience brought a different perspective of what we were really doing and the weight to different trades and how to mitigate risk.”
“Real work for Fortune 500 businesses – amazing to get in front of executives at major companies. The entrepreneurship classes also got us in front of people in desired fields, great connections. Learned so much and still use it today!”
“Was a part of the China Business Program, the final trip was unfortunately canceled due to COVID-19, but the Chinese language and international business classes were very enriching and gave me a huge appreciation for working with people from other nations and cultures.”
“The people at the school when I was a freshman and sophomore were some of the most kind and empathic people I have ever met. Without certain people I would not have an equity research internship/ full time equity sales job. They taught be a sense of urgency that the teachers didn’t understand since they are a bit removed from the internship process.
Women in Finance and Miami’s Investment Banking Club were the top prestigious business clubs that would teach through upperclassman the process of how to land top firm internships. I could not speak more highly of the people I have met at the time that would still take a my call at any given moment.”
“Truly amazing experience. Came out of the business school with confidence and ability to deal with ambiguity. Amazing community of professors who want their students to succeed. Loved the real-life projects.”
“The Farmer School of business does a tremendous job of preparing students for the business world. Simultaneously, they do an exceptional job at developing well-rounded students.”
