ACCORDING TO PRINCETON REVIEW’S “BEST 282 BUSINESS SCHOOLS: 2007 EDITION”

The Mason School of Business is an outstanding business school and its professors are considered in the top 10 in the Best Professors category, according to The Princeton Review.  The New York-based education services company features the school in the just-published 2007 edition of its “Best 282 Business Schools.”

According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review VP-Publishing, "We chose schools for this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and offerings, institutional data we collect from the schools, and the candid opinions of students attending them who rate and report on their campus experiences at the schools.  We are pleased to recommend The Mason School of Business to readers of our book and users of our website as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA." 

The faculty ranking is based on the faculty’s accessibility and the ability to generate interest in the subject matter.

“We are proud to be among Princeton Review’s Top Business Schools, in good company with many of the nation’s finest schools,” says Dean Lawrence B. Pulley, "and our faculty are truly deserving of such recognition as well." 

“Best 282 Business Schools” has two-page profiles of the schools with write-ups on their academics, student life and admissions, plus ratings for their academics, selectivity and career placement services.  In the profile on The Mason School of Business, the Princeton Review editors describe the school as: “An already-intimate experience.”   They quote from students attending it who say “This environment does have many benefits.  It allows students to focus on their studies and also get to know their fellow classmates."   

In a "Survey Says. . ." sidebar in the profile, The Princeton Review lists topics that The Mason School of Business students it surveyed for the book were in most agreement about.   “Solid preparation in Communication/interpersonal skills” as well as “Teamwork” topped the list.  The Princeton Review's 80-question survey asked students about themselves, their career plans, and their schools’ academics, student body and campus life.  

The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book on a single hierarchical list from 1 to 282, or name one business school best overall.   The book has 11 ranking lists of the top 10 business schools in various categories.  The lists are also posted at www.PrincetonReview.com.  Ten lists are based on The Princeton Review's surveys of 18,000 students attending the 282 business schools profiled in the book.  (Only schools that permitted The Princeton Review to survey their students were eligible for consideration for these lists).   Conducted during the 2005-06, 04-05 and 03-04 academic years, the student surveys were done primarily online.   One list, “Toughest to Get Into,” is based solely on institutional data.  (All schools in the book were eligible for consideration for this list.)

The Mason School of Business includes an undergraduate business program, a full-time MBA program (21months), a new full-time accelerated MBA program (11 months) a flex (evening) MBA program, executive MBA programs in Williamsburg and Reston, and a one-year master’s of accounting program. In November the business school was named for Raymond A. “Chip” Mason, an alumnus of the college and chairman,  and chief executive officer of Legg Mason, Inc., the fifth largest investment house in the United States.

The Mason School of Business has deep roots in the history and traditions that have made the College of William and Mary one of the most distinguished liberal arts universities in the nation. Founded in 1693, the college is the second oldest university in the nation—the first was Harvard—and educated many of the nation’s Founding Fathers.

It ranks consistently among the top 10 public, undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the United States. This fall, Newsweek called the college the “hottest small state school” in the nation. U.S. News & World Report ranked William and Mary sixth among public universities and colleges.

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