Letter From The Editor

Greetings,

Welcome to the print guide for our seventh annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools ranking. In this guide, you’ll find our full 2023 ranking and individual profiles for each of the 92 ranked schools, as well as the full methodology that explains how we gathered the data used to create the ranking.

No ranking of universities or business schools is perfect. Be skeptical of any ranking that claims it is. So while we don’t pretend to have the perfect methodology for measuring the undergraduate B-school experience, we do create and gather this ranking with the sole purpose of producing a thoughtful, meaningful evaluation of the top B-schools in the country in a way that makes sense for our readers.

Now, perhaps more than ever, an informed decision is crucial when picking a college. Student loan debt has been rising for years. Future college students and their families are only now beginning to look past the global pandemic that moved many campuses to online only and has disrupted a previously stable job market.

That’s why we strongly recommend going beyond the actual ranking and digging into the school profiles and data. Use this guide as a starting point. Read our main rankings article at the start to learn how these rankings were created and what to pay specific attention to. Then check out the profiles to learn what makes each school different.

And then go to our website — www.poetsandquantsforundergrads.com — for more in-depth features and data-focused articles about these programs.

Rankings should be a brief intro to the college search. Once you’ve picked a group of schools, do your homework. Reach out to professors, current students, and recent alumni. Learn what makes each school unique and what its strengths and weaknesses are, and consider fit with your personality and what you want to do early in your life and career.

This is an exciting time to study business. Technology, Big Data, and pressing issues like climate change and strong social and racial justice movements are all a part of business. We promise you, if you study business in college, “sustainability” will be a word you become very familiar with.

Increasingly, business does not exist in a silo. Corporations have a role and impact to play. And future leaders are being trained to consider those issues while successfully contributing to businesses.

You’ve made a smart decision by picking up this guide. Good luck to you as you embark on this exciting chapter in your life. If Poets&Quants can ever be of assistance or answer any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Nathan Allen Poets&Quants Rankings Editor Poets&Quants

Up Front

Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2023

For the first time in 5 years, Wharton did not win.............................................................................

The Methodology Behind P&Q’s 2023 Undergraduate B-School Rankings

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The Top Undergraduate Business Schools

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