| Saint Louis University John Cook School of Business |
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| Established | 1910 |
| Type | Private |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic - Jesuit |
| Dean | Ellen F. Harshman, Ph.D., J.D. |
| Students | 1700+ |
| Location | Midtown, St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.slu.edu/x13227.xml |
John Cook School of Business is the business school of Saint Louis University, a Jesuit, Catholic university located in St. Louis, Missouri. The business school was founded in 1910 and is the oldest business school west of the Mississippi River and 15th oldest in the United States. The John Cook School of Business undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by AACSB International -- the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier accrediting agency for degree programs in business -- in which it earned accreditation in 1948. Less than 5% of business schools worldwide have earned accreditation. [1] The student body includes more than 1,700 undergraduates and graduates.[2][3][4] It is named after John M. Cook, Chairman and C.E.O. of PRG-Schultz International, Inc.
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Through a comprehensive curriculum including studies in Arts & Science, all business disciplines, as well as advanced courses in a specific concentration, the Cook School offers undergraduates a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) with concentrations in accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, international business, leadership and change management, management information systems and marketing. [4]
John Cook School of Business offers five graduate business programs. They include: Master of Business Administration (One-Year and Part-Time), M.S. in Finance, Master of Accounting, Executive Master of International Business, and Ph.D. in Business Administration. Additionally, graduates have the option of pursuing joint degrees. MBA dual degrees are offered with the Law School (JD/MBA), the School of Public Health (MHA/MBA), and the Medical School (MD/MBA).[5]
The school offers a variety of executive education programs, namely the Executive Masters of International Business [EMIB] program. It is a 21-month program in which students are exposed to several areas of business coursework.
In 2000, the business school opened John and Lucy Cook Hall. The building is large and houses a 280 seat auditorium. The school is home to the Boeing Institute of International Business, U.S. Bank Advancing Women in Leadership Program, Emerson Ethics Center, Smurfit-Stone Center for Entrepreneurship, Simon Center for Regional Economic Forecasting & Center for Supply Chain Management.
| School rankings (overall) | |
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| U.S. undergraduate business | |
| Bloomberg BusinessWeek[5] | NR |
| U.S. News & World Report[6] | 71 |
| U.S. MBA | |
| Bloomberg BusinessWeek[7] | NC (full-time) 45 (part-time) |
| U.S. News & World Report[8] | 94 |
U.S. News has ranked the John Cook School of Business' Entrepreneurship, International Business, and Supply Chain Management programs in the top 20, and it's undergraduate program among the top 100 in the United States. Specifically, U.S. News has ranked SLU's MBA in entrepreneurship at No. 13 in the nation, and SLU's undergraduate entrepreneurship program at No. 14, while its Entrepreneurship program has also been ranked highly by Entrepreneur Magazine. Fortune ranked SLU's entrepreneurship program as one of the "Top 5 for Entrepreneurs" in 2010.[9] The Part-Time MBA Program was ranked by U.S. News at No. 14 in the nation.[10][11]
Some characteristics of the student body (in 2009), include:[12]
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