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Top 50 Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2007
Top 25 Graduate Colleges
# 14
University of Colorado, Boulder
Leeds School of Business
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
Boulder, CO
http://leeds.colorado.edu/entrep
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 17
Enrolled students: 117 of which 6% started a business
Percentage still in business: 100%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 50%
Recent grads who started a business: 6%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Scholarships: $55,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 2
Mentorship programs: 1
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $5,000
# 15
Tulane University
Freeman School of Business
Levy Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship
New Orleans, LA
http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/lri
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 9
Enrolled students: 62 of which 10% started a business
Percentage still in business: 100%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 75%
Recent grads who started a business: 10%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Scholarships: $180,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 1
Mentorship programs: 3
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $35,000
# 16
Syracuse University
Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises
Syracuse, NY
http://whitman.syr.edu/eee/
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 18
Enrolled students: 360 of which 2% started a business
Percentage still in business: 100%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 75%
Recent grads who started a business: 10%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Scholarships: $210,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 2
Mentorship programs: 3
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $45,000
# 17
Indiana University, Bloomington
Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Bloomington, IN
http://www.kelley.indiana.edu/jcei
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 20
Enrolled students: 160 of which 5% started a business
Percentage still in business: 100%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 50%
Recent grads who started a business: 5%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Scholarships: $100,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 3
Mentorship programs: 2
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $5,000
# 18
University of Maryland
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
College Park, MD
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/dingman
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 12
Enrolled students: 38 of which 24% started a business
Percentage still in business: 89%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 87%
Recent grads who started a business: 2.6%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Scholarships: $48,800
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 1
Mentorship programs: 3
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $72,500
# 19
San Diego State University
College of Business Administration
Entrepreneurial Management Center
San Diego , CA
http://www.sdsu.edu/emc
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 11
Enrolled students: 100 of which 20% started a business
Percentage still in business: 100%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 90%
Recent grads who started a business: 20%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Scholarships: $5,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 2
Mentorship programs: 2
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $25,000
# 20
University of Washington
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Seattle, WA
http://www.bschool.washington.edu/cie
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 18
Enrolled students: 82 of which 5% started a business
Percentage still in business: 4%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 73%
Recent grads who started a business: 6%
Percentage still in business: 4%
Scholarships: $104,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 2
Mentorship programs: 8
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $70,000
# 21
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership
The Technology Entrepreneur Center
Champaign, IL
http://www.uiuc.edu/entrepreneur/
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 36
Enrolled students: 1165
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 40%
Scholarships: $41,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 11
Mentorship programs: 12
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $35,000
# 22
Rice University
MBA
Houston, TX
http://www.jonesgsm.rice.edu
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 17
Enrolled students: 60 of which 2% started a business
Percentage still in business: 100%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 100%
Recent grads who started a business: 2%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 3
Mentorship programs: 2
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $345,000
# 23
University of California, Riverside
MBA in Entrepreneurial Management
Riverside, CA
http://www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 12
Enrolled students: 25 of which 95% started a business
Percentage still in business: 95%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 65%
Recent grads who started a business: 75%
Percentage still in business: 50%
Scholarships: $240,000
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 1
Mentorship programs: 3
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $2,500
# 24
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice
Evanston, IL
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/levyinstitute/
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 24
Enrolled students: 829 of which 1% started a business
Percentage still in business: 1%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 69%
Recent grads who started a business: 1%
Percentage still in business: 1%
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 16
Mentorship programs: 15
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $40,000
# 25
University of Notre Dame
Mendoza College of Business
Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Notre Dame, IN
http://www.nd.edu/~entrep/
Number of entrepreneurship courses: 18
Enrolled students: 38 of which 14% started a business
Percentage still in business: 100%
Faculty who are entrepreneurs: 80%
Recent grads who started a business: 8%
Percentage still in business: 100%
Number of entrepreneurship clubs: 4
Mentorship programs: 4
Business plan competition: Yes; Prize: $35,000

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