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Baruch College was ranked 6th\u00a0on the 2016 Top Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship<\/a>\u00a0list\u00a0by The Princeton Review.\u00a0This is the eighth consecutive year that Baruch was included in either or both undergraduate and graduate lists.\u00a0 The Zicklin Graduate School of Business was ranked 9th on the Graduate list.<\/p>\n Between May and August of 2015, The Princeton Review company in conjunction with Entrepreneur <\/em>magazine surveyed over 300 undergraduate and graduate business schools. \u00a0The company then narrowed the results to the \u201cTop 25 Schools for Entrepreneurship,\u201d one of which was Baruch College.<\/p>\n After the 2015 list was published, Dr. H Fenwick Huss, Willem Kooyker, the Dean of the Zicklin School of Business, released the following statement: \u201cWe\u2019re very proud to be recognized for our entrepreneurship programs, which are a key element of our commitment to provide academically rigorous business education that is both world-class in quality and reputation and worldwide in its impact.\u201d<\/p>\n The Princeton Review Survey used both qualitative and quantitative data when ranking the 300 colleges.\u00a0 Various academic requirements were factored into the rankings:\u00a0the availability of\u00a0internship and externship programs,\u00a0major, minor, courses offered, experiential and cooperative learning, and consulting opportunities for small-business owners.<\/p>\n The total number of students enrolled in the academic entrepreneurship course was then compared to the total student body during the 2014\u201315 academic year.\u00a0 With regards to faculty, the schools were asked percentage of the entrepreneurship faculty that had started, bought or run a business and the number of faculty members teaching entrepreneurship courses.\u00a0The last factor was outside of the academic realm.\u00a0 The schools were the asked for the number of externships available, school business plans, and officially recognized clubs and organizations for entrepreneurship students. \u00a0The institutions also disclosed the number of companies started by graduates over the last 5 and 10 years, how many of those companies are still in business and how much funding those businesses have raised.\u00a0These components were then sorted on a weighted scale and compared between United States schools.\u00a0 Each school was then ranked accordingly.<\/p>\n Junior Julianna Davis was not surprised to learn that Baruch was listed among the top programs in entrepreneurship.\u00a0 She stated, \u201cBaruch is located in New York City, the business capital of the world.\u00a0 We have the location, we have amazing faculty, and we have a really great program going on over here.\u201d<\/p>\n The Field programs offered by Zicklin in Entrepreneurship include an array of in-depth courses that build upon entrepreneurship skills.\u00a0 These classes are offered in the areas of creativity and innovation; leadership; social business; technology; communication and negotiation; social entrepreneurship and community development; women and entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship<\/a>; and acceleration.<\/p>\n Baruch\u2019s Entrepreneurship Program continues to be praised by college sites and magazines nationally.\u00a0 According to Davis, it is with hope \u201cthat Baruch one day tops the list.\u201d<\/p>\n