VSB Ranked Among Best in Nation by
The Princeton Review; Places #9 for Quality of Campus Environment

VILLANOVA, Pa., October 6, 2009 – The Villanova School of Business has been honored as one of the best business schools in the nation by The Princeton Review in its 2010 book, The Best 301 Business Schools, which hits news stands today. In the book, The Princeton Review ranks the best graduate business schools among those that have an MBA program and are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). There are nearly 2,000 such schools in the United States today. The Villanova School of Business’ MBA Program was noted for the quality of professors, convenience for working professionals, strength of the alumni network and the overall reputation of the School.

The Princeton Review compiles the information for The Best 301 Business Schools from its surveys of 19,000 students attending the 301 schools and from school-reported data. “This is ranking is important because it truly is the voice of our students,” said Robert Bonner, Associate Dean for Graduate and Executive Programs. “And the fact that are students recognize our professors for their strength in connecting theory with practice in the classroom, the strong peers with whom students are in class and the and the strength of our alumni network is important.”

In addition to being cited for strong faculty, a strong alumni network and strong reputation, VSB ranked # 9 for Quality of Campus Environment which is the safety and convenience of the school. Students noted the School’s on-grounds dining and coffee shops, the something and the something (things that speak to convenience / environ).

In addition to being ranked by Princeton Review VSB’s MBA Programs have been ranked among the best in the nation by BusinessWeek and the Financial Times.

Villanova University is a co-educational Roman Catholic institution founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842. The Villanova School of Business serves over 2,500 students across its undergraduate and graduate programs. It is home to faculty research centers including the Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Center, the Center for Global Leadership, the Center for Marketing and Public Policy Research, the Center for the Study of Church Management, and the Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate.