by Jenifer Shockley
ATLANTA – The undergraduate program at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is No. 63 in the 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges. Among programs at public universities, the Robinson B.B.A. is No. 41.
“We are proud our undergraduate program is among the nation’s best,” said Robinson College Dean Richard D. Phillips.
Three of Robinson’s undergraduate specialty programs are among the top programs in the 2017 rankings. Risk Management and Insurance is No. 4; Computer Information Systems is No. 7 and Real Estate is No. 12.
U.S. News determines its undergraduate business program rankings by surveying deans and senior faculty at undergraduate business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The largest business school in the South and part of a major research institution, Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has 200 faculty, 8,000 students and 75,000 alumni. With programs on five continents and students from 88 countries, the college is world-class and worldwide. Its part-time MBA is ranked among the best by the Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report, and its Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world's premier programs. Located in Atlanta, the Robinson College and Georgia State have produced more of Georgia's top executives with graduate degrees than any other school in the Southeast.