April 1st, 2005 US News & World Report - WSBE in Top 100

DURHAM - The Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire has been named one of the top 100 graduate business schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, breaking into the elite top 100 national ranking for the first time.

The Whittemore School is ranked 83rd in the nation, a position also held by Northeastern University and Pepperdine University. Previously, the Whittemore School’s highest ranking by U.S. News & World Report was 133 for its undergraduate programs, which occurred in 2003 and 2004.

The ranking is based on the school’s MBA programs, the excellence of which are considered by many in business and academia as reflective of the quality of a business school as a whole. The Whittemore School offers an Executive MBA, and full- and part-time MBA programs in Durham and Manchester.

The school also offers an master of arts degree in accounting and a master of arts and Ph.D. in economics, a master of science degree in management of technology and undergraduate programs in business administration, economics and hospitality management.

According to a 2004 survey of enrolled students, the Whittemore School’s reputation was named a top critical factor that influenced the decision to attend UNH.

The Whittemore School was the only school or college at the university specifically identified as one of the top 10 critical influencers regarding the decision to enroll.

The national ranking by U.S. News and World Report comes just four months after the business school was named one of the Top 25 Most Entrepreneurial Colleges by The Princeton Review and Forbes.com, ranking 10th in the nation.

SOURCE: Portsmouth Herald