Facts and Rankings
At the Poole, we instill an entrepreneurial mindset in all our students and build analytical skills into every program, so graduates leave here ready to lead. We partner with academia and industry to create extraordinary experiences for our students and faculty.
Essential Facts
Take a quick glimpse at the highlights across Poole.
4,700+ Students
3,700+ undergraduate and nearly 1,000 graduate students
35,000+ Alumni
#PoolePack alumni live in NC and beyond
200+ Faculty and Staff
100+ full-time faculty and 100+ staff supporting our diverse student body
- Nearly 100 full-time faculty members engaged in purposeful research that generates knowledge and drives economic development
- Bachelor’s degrees in accounting, economics and business administration
- Master’s degrees in accounting, business administration, economics and management
- Doctoral degree in economics
- 15+ focus areas, including: Business analytics, business AI, entrepreneurship and innovation, enterprise risk management, finance, people management, information technology, marketing, operations and supply chain management.
- Ten graduate certificates
- Executive education through custom-designed solutions, workshops and open programs
- Major initiatives fostering research, learning and corporate engagement: Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, Enterprise Risk Management Initiative, Business Analytics and AI Initiative, and Business Sustainability Collaborative.
- Hundreds of mutually beneficial relationships with corporate partners
A Top-Ranked Business School for Analytics and Entrepreneurship
As an AACSB-accredited business school, Poole College is recognized nationally for its undergraduate and graduate business analytics programs, ranked among the top 10 nationwide (U.S. News & World Report). Our entrepreneurship programs are ranked No. 4 in the Southeast.
Rankings
Undergraduate Programs
- No. 1 in North Carolina, No. 10 among U.S. public universities and No. 22 among all national universities for undergraduate business analytics programs — US News & World Report, 2025
- No. 4 in the Southeast for undergraduate entrepreneurship (university-wide) –– The Princeton Review, 2024
- No. 20 best undergraduate accounting program among U.S. public universities — US News & World Report, 2024
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Online Professional MBA
- No. 6 online MBA for employability in North America and No. 11 overall – QS World University Rankings, 2026
- No. 8 online business analytics MBA program in the U.S. — US News and World Report, 2025
- No. 11 online MBA program in the U.S. – The Princeton Review, 2025
- No. 18 online MBA globally and No. 10 for employability worldwide – QS World University Rankings, 2026
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Full-Time MBA
- No. 16 full-time MBA program in entrepreneurship — Bloomberg, 2025-26
- No. 20 full-time MBA programs in business analytics — U.S. News & World Report, 2023
Master of Accounting (MAC)
- No. 3 best online master of accounting program in the U.S. — University HQ, 2025
- No. 6 best online master’s in accounting programs in the U.S. — Fortune, 2024
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Master of Management
The Master of Management program offers concentrations in Marketing Analytics and Risk & Analytics.
- No. 25 best online business master’s in the U.S. — U.S. News & World Report, 2026
No. 6 Online MBA in Employability in North America
QS World University Rankings, 2026
