Montana State University College of Business Entrepreneurship and Small Business Program Ranked Top Ten in the Nation

When deciding on a college that has a strong program in business, students across the country will have one more reason to move Montana State University College of Business http://www.montana.edu/cob/ to the top of their list. Why? Because Entrepreneur Magazine has yet again moved it to the top of their list.

In its third annual ranking of America’s top entrepreneurial colleges, Entrepreneur Magazine has listed MSU’s College of Business among the top ten for its Entrepreneur Emphasis program – for the second year in a row. The rankings can be reviewed In the April 2005 Entrepreneur Magazine or at http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges/results/1,6454,,00.html?mode=type&list=NC

Entrepreneur Magazine’s rankings are rigid, to say the least. Using TechKnowledge Point Corp., the world’s first and only 24/7 online entrepreneurship ranking program, the colleges and universities are first selected from a two-stage process using student survey focus-groups. They are then classified using some 75 different variables such as breadth of topics in courses, number of courses offered, alumni opinion surveys as well as overseas or international aspects within the programs.

Although the journey to such greatness for MSU’s College of Business Entrepreneurship Program has not been easy, it has not been a long one.

In November 2001, the Board of Regents of the Montana University System http://www.montana.edu/wwwbor/ authorized the creation of the Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West and the minor program in entrepreneurship and small business management at the College of Business. The program has been set up to provide students with a dynamic learning experience catered to their specific interests and skills. The program is designed in such a way that students from any major throughout the university can take part, building upon the skills and knowledge base they are already working with.

By offering a combination of rigorous academic skill development courses with hands-on experiences working with entrepreneurs, students have the benefit of participating in a program that focuses on both their scholastic development while offering education in a real-world environment. Rich Semenik, dean, said, "The program is structured so that the students will take core skill development classes, then specialized entrepreneurship classes, and finally, they will then interact with area entrepreneurs who are building their companies either from scratch or managing the company through rapid revenue growth."

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