Out of 97 undergraduate business schools, the md传媒国产剧 College Carroll School of Management landed at #13 overall in the latest聽Poets & Quants聽ranking鈥攁nd led the pack in teaching quality, according to alumni assessments.
In this annual ranking, schools are聽聽of admissions standards, alumni surveys, and employment outcomes. Surveys go out to thousands of alumni who are two years out of school.
鈥淪o which school鈥檚 faculty got the best marks this year? That would be the faculty at md传媒国产剧 College鈥檚 Carroll School,鈥� according to the聽, referring to teaching quality. The report also pegged the Carroll School at #6 on the question put to alumni, 鈥淲ould you recommend the business program to a close friend or colleague?鈥� Moreover, close to 94 percent of Carroll School grads were employed within 90 days of graduation, with an average starting total compensation of $76,508.
With its top slot for teaching quality, the Carroll School improved over its #2 showing in last year's聽P&Q听蝉耻谤惫别测.
"Over the past decade, we've been working hard to promote a culture of teaching excellence, as well as research excellence," said John and Linda Powers Family Dean Andy Boynton. The dean cited an array of initiatives including seminars on teaching, extensive peer mentoring, financial support for teaching developoment, and various forms of recognition including awards given to faculty each semester.
"We've also put together a system for measuring teaching performance," he added, pointing to the Carroll School's "Teaching Reports" issued twice a year for every instructor. These offer several key metrics, including the overall student rating for the instructor, class workload, and average final grade given by that instructor, among other measurements.
The Carroll School shares space in the聽笔&补尘辫;蚕听top 15 with elite B-schools such as #8 Dyson (Cornell) and #9 Kenan-Flagler (University of North Carolina). Overall, in the publication鈥檚 grading system, the Carroll School earned a score of 91.28 out of 100. Only Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania scored 100.
Founded in 2014 by John A. Byrne鈥攁 former executive editor of聽叠耻蝉颈苍别蝉蝉奥别别办听and editor-in-chief of聽Fast Company鈥�Poets & Quants聽has quickly become a highly influential online publication devoted to covering business education. Its list of the聽聽for the coming year was released on December 20.
One way in which all the schools came out winners:聽Poets & Quants聽found that business has remained the most popular undergraduate major in the U.S.