The University of Connecticut School of Business secured the No. 63 spot in Poets&Quants’ 2025 ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Programs in the U.S. In our three methodological categories, UConn ranked 43rd in Admission Standards, 93rd in Career Outcomes, and 55th in Academic Experience, the latter based solely on our alumni survey.
The school’s acceptance rate for the fall 2024 incoming class was 48.77%, with an average SAT score of 1264 and a six-year graduation rate of 81%.
In terms of career data, 88.47% of the Class of 2023 graduates secured employment within three months of graduation, compared to 91.34% for the Class of 2024. The average starting salary for 2024 graduates was $72,035, with 33.3% reporting an average signing bonus of $5,455.
Top employers hiring UConn business graduates include PwC, Deloitte, The Hartford, Travelers, KPMG, Henkel, RSM US LLP, EY, Otis Elevator, and The Cigna Group.
A MULTI-CAMPUS BUSINESS EDUCATION
The UConn School of Business stands out for its presence across four locations throughout Connecticut, all sharing the same faculty and accreditation. This multi-campus structure benefits both students and the state’s economy, allowing broader accessibility to a high-quality business education. UConn admits students as freshmen, transfers, or through an internal admissions process that evaluates experience and academic performance.
It offers an extensive portfolio of undergraduate majors including Accounting, Analytics and Information Management, Business Administration, Business Data Analytics, Finance, Financial Management, Financial Technology, Healthcare Management, Management, Marketing, Management & Engineering for Manufacturing, and Real Estate & Urban Economic Studies.
The school offers five accelerated master’s programs that integrate with undergraduate majors, enabling students to fast-track their graduate education. These include master’s degrees in Accounting, Financial and Enterprise Risk Management, FinTech, and Social Responsibility & Impact in Business.
Beyond the classroom, UConn places a strong emphasis on experiential learning, leveraging various centers to provide hands-on business experiences. Programs like OPIM Innovate engage students in emerging technologies, while initiatives such as Hillside Ventures, a student-run venture fund, offer real-world exposure to venture capital investment under the mentorship of professors and alumni.
The school also launched the Opportunity Fund, a multi-semester experiential learning program focused on empowering students – particularly female-identifying and diverse students – to gain early exposure to investing and prepare for careers on Wall Street.
CURRICULUM INNOVATION
In response to evolving industry demands, UConn has made significant updates to its business programs. The Management Information Systems (MIS) program has been revamped into the Analytics and Information Management (AIM) program, adding four concentrations and four minors: Business Intelligence, IT Security, Supply Chain, and Software Development. This change reflects the increasing need for data-driven decision-making and technology integration across business disciplines.
The school also introduced a Personal Brand Entrepreneurship minor, a 12-credit program that equips students with skills to build and manage their personal brands. With courses in financial literacy, content entrepreneurship, marketing, and legal aspects of branding, the program is designed for students interested in leveraging their brand for career opportunities, including those related to Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) regulations. Responding to student interest in ethical business practices, UConn developed a Social Responsibility and Impact in Business major concentration and minor, ensuring students understand how businesses can balance profitability with positive societal impact.
The Honors Program has also been redesigned to focus less on academic research and more on real-world application. Instead of traditional research theses, students now participate in integrative strategy consulting case competitions with industry partners, giving them direct exposure to solving business challenges.
ALUMNI SAY
“I was involved in a capstone corporate policy, strategy, and planning project that gave me much insight into real world challenges faced by some of the world’s largest corporations.”
“Working with entrepreneurs and classmates on the MIS capstone project helped me gain insight into the many opportunities that I did not know existed. Working with a team of other students to help design an app was an experience that encouraged me to do more outside research and to bring day to day life experiences into the classroom. It was interesting as we were helping build something that someday could be an app we potentially use on a day to day basis. Learning from the entrepreneurs who were also UConn graduates gave insight as to how this could be something I do in the future.”
“I was a part of the Business Learning Community and we went to Portugal for 10 days the summer after my freshman year. This meant a lot to me because I had never been to Europe and got to learn a lot about the country and business in the country while there.”
“Great business school that prepared me very well for my professional career post graduation. I frequently find I utilize the knowledge I learned at the UConn School of Business in my current analyst role.”
