Facts and Rankings

At the Poole College of Management, 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. Take a quick glimpse at the highlights across Poole.

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Essential Facts

4,400+ undergraduate and graduate students
35,000+ alumni
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, entrepreneurship and innovation, enterprise risk management, finance, human resource management, information technology, marketing, operations and supply chain management.
Eight 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 Initiative and Business Sustainability Collaborative.
Hundreds of mutually beneficial relationships with corporate partners

Mission and Values

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Leaders in Analytics and Entrepreneurship

U.S. News & World Report ranks our business analytics programs among the top 20 nationwide, and Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine rank our entrepreneurship programs No. 1 in the southeast and No. 15 nationally.

5 Ways Poole is Leading

Rankings

Undergraduate Programs

No. 1 in NC and No. 21 nationally best undergraduate business analytics program — US News & World Report, 2024
No. 1 in the Southeast and No. 15 nationally for undergraduate entrepreneurship (university-wide) –– The Princeton Review, 2022
No. 20 best undergraduate accounting program among public universities — US News & World Report, 2024

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Jenkins MBA

No. 1 in the Southeast and No. 15 nationally for graduate entrepreneurship (university-wide) –– The Princeton Review, 2022
No. 4 full-time MBA in diversity among U.S. business schools — Bloomberg Businessweek, B-School Diversity Index, 2023-24
No. 7 best online business analytics MBA program — US News and World Report, 2024
No. 10 among supply chain graduate programs in the U.S. — Gartner, 2020
No. 10 in online MBA programs in the U.S. and Canada — QS World University Rankings, 2023
No. 15 among online MBA programs — The Princeton Review, 2023
No. 16 online MBA program in the world — U.S. News & World Report, 2021
No. 20 among full-time business analytics programs worldwide — U.S. News & World Report, 2023

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Jenkins Master of Accounting (MAC)

No. 3 best online master of accounting program — University HQ, 2023
No. 4 best school for a master’s in accounting — Grad Reports, 2020
No. 6 best online master’s in accounting programs, Fortune, 2023
No. 7 best online master’s in accounting — Academic Influence, 2021
No. 8 best online master’s in accounting — Online Master’s Degrees, 2023
No. 11 best master’s in accounting degrees for 2020 — Great Business Schools, 2020

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Graduate Economics Programs

No. 17 best master of economics program – The Financial Engineer/TFE Times, 2017
No. 55 best graduate economics programs – US News & World Report, 2021

Full-Time Jenkins MBA Ranked No. 4 in Diversity

Bloomberg Businessweek (B-School Diversity Index), 2023-24

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Stats and Strengths: Fall 2022

From welcoming the largest undergraduate class to increasing the reach of faculty research, Poole continues to serve North Carolina and beyond.

Stats and Strengths: Spring 2022

From being ranked No. 1 school for entrepreneurship in the Southeast to having a $90M in endowment, Poole continues to build a reputation of excellence.