Florida International University's College of Business Administration Among America's Best Graduate Schools; U.S. News & World Report Again Lists College in Top 25 for International Business.

(From AScribe)

MIAMI -- For the second consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools," which hits newsstands April 4, lists Florida International University's (Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School of Business) among the top 25 business schools in the U.S. for international business education. In the 2006 ranking, in which the College moved up from No. 23 in the 2005 list to No. 22, it remains the only business school in Florida to make the top 25 list in the "Specialty Ranking - International Business" category.

The "Specialty Rankings" are based solely on ratings by educators at peer schools, including business school deans and program heads, who nominate up to 10 programs for excellence in each field included.

Additionally, last fall, U.S. News & World Report ranked the College of Business Administration's (CBA) undergraduate international business programs in the top 10 in the U.S.

"We're delighted our undergraduate and graduate programs continue to be recognized by this prestigious news magazine," said CBA Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam. "This most recent listing reflects our growing reputation for excellence in international business."

Other schools that ranked among the top 25 include Thunderbird, University of South Carolina, Wharton School of Business, Columbia University, New York University (Stern), University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Harvard University, Duke University, University of Chicago and Stanford University.

Florida International University's College of Business Administration, South Florida's leading business school with unique expertise in international business, entrepreneurship, and information technology (IT) strategy, is the largest of the University's professional schools. Among the College's more than 30,000 alumni are some of South Florida's most successful business leaders and entrepreneurs. Approximately 8,000 students are enrolled in its undergraduate business courses in its R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business and more than 800 graduate students study in its Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Graduate School of Business every ...