EMU College of Business ranked among nation's best for 12th consecutive year by Princeton Review

YPSILANTI, Mich. - Oct. 8, 2015 - PRLog -- YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan University's College of Business is one of the nation’s best business schools, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features Eastern in the new 2016 edition of its book, "The Best 295 Business Schools."

"This recognition, awarded for the 12th consecutive year, illustrates that our faculty are providing a top-tier business education to our students, who are going on to excellent and meaningful careers," said Michael Tidwell, dean of EMU's College of Business.

The Princeton Review bases its rankings of business schools on school-reported data along with surveys of students.

The Princeton Review compiled the list based on its surveys of more than 22,000 students attending the 295 business schools in the book, as well as on school-reported data. The Review does not rank the business schools in the book on a single hierarchical list from 1 to 295.

Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publisher, said, ""The schools we selected all offer academically outstanding degrees: we recommend them highly … Our purpose is not to rank schools hierarchically or crown any school as "best" overall. Our goal is to provide school profiles combined with multiple rating scores and ranking lists to help applicants choose the best b-school for them."

The student surveys analyzed for this edition were all completed online and conducted during the 2014-15, 2013-14 and 2012-13 academic years.

Comments (with student remarks’ in quotes) about the College of Business in the 2016 book profile on Eastern Michigan (https://www.dropbox.com/s/9l4wlbb6jh0f0aa/eastern_michiga...) include:

• With its convenient location, experienced professors and low tuition, the MBA program at Eastern Michigan’s College of Business offers a great return on investment.

• While balancing a career and education can be tricky business, students say EMU “provides great support for students and an overall great atmosphere of learning.”

• “Most of the professors are amazing,” with close to 100 percent of the school’s faculty holding the highest degree available in their field.

• Graduate class sizes average fewer than 20, which gives students the opportunity to “work directly with professors who provide Ph.D. level class time, rather than having to work through a teaching assistant.”

• The result is a dynamic class environment in which discussion is encouraged and “professors challenge you to develop your own opinions regarding global business and economies.”

EMU's College of Business offers graduate programs that are appropriate to students at every stage of their career, and classes may be taken full-time or part-time, and in some cases online or through a hybrid of online and in-class coursework.

The College of Business has nearly 2,400 undergraduate students pursuing one of 12 majors and more than 740 graduate students pursuing either a graduate certificate, MBA, Masters of Information Systems, Masters of Integrated Marketing Communications, Masters of Human Resources and Organizational Development, Master of Accounting or Masters of Taxation.

The Princeton Review (http://www.princetonreview.com) is also known for its many categories of college rankings, its classroom and online test-prep courses, tutoring and its other education services. Headquartered in Framingham, MA, the Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University and it is not a magazine.

To learn more about the College of Business, please visit the website at http://www.cob.emich.edu/