Massey Named a Best Business School by Princeton Review
We received official word yesterday that The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business has once again made Princeton Review's list of Best Business Schools. This honor is especially meaningful in that it is based in part on feedback from surveys of graduate business students across the U.S.
According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publishing, "We are pleased to recommend The Massey School to readers of our book and users of our site, www.PrincetonReview.com, as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA. We chose the 301 business schools in this book based on our opinion of their academic programs and offerings, as well as our review of institutional data we collect from the schools. We also strongly consider the candid opinions of students attending the schools who rate and report on their campus experiences at their schools on our survey for the book."
This is the fifth consecutive year that Massey has made Princeton Review's list, the latest 2010 edition of which hits newstands today. "It further demonstrates that we are in the company of the elite business programs in the U.S.," said Dean J. Patrick Raines.
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Couldn't pass up this opportunity to congratulate all of those individuals who work with our Belmont undergraduate business students. BusinessWeek Magazine just released their list of Top 100 Undergraduate Business Schools for 2008, and Belmont has made the list for the first time ever. Wharton again topped the national rankings, but Belmont appeared at No. 89, which was good for the highest ranking of any Tennessee b-school. The program was also in some pretty good company, finishing just between the University of Arkansas (No. 88) and Louisiana State University (No. 90). The full story will appear in the March 10 edition, scheduled to be on newsstands this coming Monday. The full story and supporting analysis can be found at: 
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