Zicklin School of Business

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The Zicklin School of Business, named after financier and alumni Lawrence Zicklin, is the largest school of business in the United States and one of the most prestigious.

The Zicklin School is one of the three schools that comprise Baruch College of the City University of New York (the others being the School of Public Affairs and the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences). The School is housed in Baruch's state of the art Vertical Campus. The Zicklin School of Business offers the BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, MS, Executive MS in Finance, and the Baruch/Mt. Sinai MBA in Health Care Administration.

The School is the only CUNY unit accredited by the AACSB-International Association for Management Education. Baruch's Zicklin School ranks as one of the best business schools in the nation. ^{needs citations to business journals and sources}

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US News & World Report:

Zicklin’s part-time MBA program ranked 17th – placing it second among all MBA programs in New York City per "America's Best Graduate Schools: 2007". (2006)
Zicklin’s full-time MBA program is one of the top three New York City programs. Ranked 70th overall, Zicklin listed among the top full-time graduate business programs in the country, per America's Best Graduate Schools: 2007
Zicklin’s undergraduate business program ranked again among the top 50 nationally - moving up in this ranking in 2006. The undergraduate business program was also ranked among the top 30 of public institutions. (2005)
Zicklin's undergraduate business program joins top 50 business programs nationally in "America's Best Colleges: 2005". (2004)
Baruch is one of three public colleges in New York State with undergraduate admissions rated as "more selective." (2000)
Baruch ranks first for ethnic diversity among U.S. institutions of higher education, "America's Best Colleges: 2005". (2004)

Crain's New York Business:

The Zicklin School "sets a new standard" with its Full-Time MBA program. (1999)
AACSB - The International Association for Management Education
The Zicklin School is the largest school of business in the United States. (2000)
The Zicklin School graduates the largest number of African American and the fifth largest number of Hispanic Americans from its undergraduate programs. (1998)

Standard & Poors (1996):

More senior executives hold undergraduate degrees from The City University of New York than any other university in the nation.

Accounting Today (1999):

Tied for 2nd place with Harvard for the "number of graduates in 100 most influential people in accounting worldwide."
#1 nationwide for people with advanced degrees who pass the CPA exam.