When we think of entrepreneurs, we often think of people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, neither of whom finished college. However, one thing I learned while in college was the idea of outliers, of which both Bill and Warren are. Most successful entrepreneurs who live enjoyable lives, but who aren’t necessarily billionaires, attended and finished college.
With a difficult economy, returning to college is also a very viable option, especially with the government assistance available for those with low or no income. Now might be the right time to get your book knowledge and reset your career without too much financial trouble. In doing so, you could set your sights on working for yourself rather than others.
Whatever your angle, if you’re looking for a college or university (graduate or undergrad) with entrepreneurial spirit and know-how… you’re in luck.
The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine released their picks for the Top 25 schools for entrepreneurship. Here’s the results:
Top 25 Graduate Programs
- Babson College, Wellesley, Mass.
- The University of Chicago
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
- University of Arizona, Tucson
- Rice University, Houston
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- University of Texas at Austin
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Acton MBA Entrepreneurship, Austin, Texas
- DePaul University, Chicago
- Tulane University, New Orleans
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Drexel University, Phildelphia
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
- University of Washington, Seattle
- Temple University, Philadelphia
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Syracuse University, Syracuse N.Y.
- Simmons College, Boston
- Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, N.C.
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of South Florida, Tampa
Top 25 Undergraduate Programs
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas
- Baylor University, Waco, Texas
- Babson College, Wellesley, Mass.
- Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.
- Washington University, St. Louis
- DePaul University, Chicago
- Xavier University, Cincinnati
- University of Arizona, Tucson
- Temple University, Philadelphia
- Northeastern University, Boston
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
- City University of New York, New York
- Belmont University, Nashville
- Drexel University, Philadelphia
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapman University, Orange, Calif.
If you are looking for an affordable degree program, look into the tuition for University of Phoenix.
