Kelley School of Business

The Kelley School of Business is a top-ranked American business school operated by Indiana University in the United States. As of 2009, approximately 5,500 full-time students are enrolled on its Bloomington campus, as well as 1,750 students at the Indianapolis campus. In addition, 1,300 students study for graduate degrees through the school's online program "Kelley Direct".[1] Kelley has historically been ranked as one of the top business schools in the country by BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and other business news outlets. The entrepreneurship program has recently been ranked #1 in the nation by BusinessWeek. Alumni from the Kelley school hold leadership positions in for-profit, nonprofit, governmental, and academic institutions around the world. Rankings The Kelley School of Business attracts top tier students from around the world and is one of only three in the nation for which all undergraduate and graduate programs rank in the top 20 of the US News & World Report college rankings. Kelley was ranked 10th, tied with Cornell University, for its Undergraduate Business Program according to US News & World Report. Kelley was ranked 18th for its undergraduate B.S. program in business by Bloomberg Businessweek in their 2011 rankings and 15th for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program by Business Week in 2012;[9] it was ranked fifth for regional MBA programs by the Wall Street Journal in 2007. Bloomberg Businessweek ranked its full-time MBA program at #15 in the 2012 edition (acceptance rate of 39% with average GMAT of 671), and at #4 among all public universities.[9] Its top-ranked MBA program for full-time residential students has been cited in Business Week as one of the favorites of corporate recruiters looking for general managers, marketing talent, and finance graduates. Other definitive publications, including The Princeton Review and Money, have recognized various Kelley programs as among the best. Teaching quality in core classes has been ranked #1 in the nation by both the Princeton Review and Business Week in their latest issues. The school's doctoral program has contributed to overall teaching and research excellence by sending more than 1,000 doctoral graduates to key positions in industry and academe. Most recently, Kelley's undergraduate school was ranked 10th in the nation by Business Week, and 4th among all public business schools. The entrepreneurship program was ranked #1 in the nation among public business schools in the same report.[10] Recruitment The Kelley School considers its career services to be among the best in the country. In Business Weeks 2008 undergraduate rankings, Kelley earned an A+ for job placement based on the quality of Kelley's students and its recruitment program.[14] A number of Fortune 500 companies regularly recruit and hire students directly from the Kelley School's undergraduate and MBA programs. These companies make bi-annual recruitment visits to Kelley's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses in order to conduct interviews and network with students.[15]