Warrington College of Business Administration
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| Established | 1926 |
| Dean | Dr. John Kraft |
| Students | 6,339 |
| Location | Gainesville, Florida, USA |
| Website | Official website |
The Warrington College of Business Administration (WCBA) is the business school at the University of Florida. About 6300 students are enrolled in classes, including undergraduates and graduate students, including Master of Business Administration and Ph.D.-seeking students.
Undergraduate programs include accounting, computer science, decision and information sciences, economics, finance, management, and marketing. The MBA Program Office offers several variations of its degree program; all students earn the same Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree: traditional, professional, executive, Internet (distance learning). A satellite UFMBA program is offered in South Florida at the Broward Community College Weston Center satellite campus in the Fort Lauderdale/Weston area.
All programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
International programs in France, England, Spain and Rome are offered to undergraduate and graduate students. Students earn credits while studying abroad. The Master of Arts in international business is the international graduate program offered. Students in this program spend six weeks in a foreign country studying a specific industry, country, or global operation issue.
The college is home to the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI). The center was founded in 2000 with the mission to introduce the concept of entrepreneurship to students and faculty and offers one of the nation's only Master's of Science degree in Entrepreneurship.
William R. Hough of St. Petersburg, Florida, founder of the investment firm bearing his name and an alumnus of the first MBA class of Warrington College in 1948, donated $30 million to Warrington College in 2007. This is the largest private gift ever received by University of Florida to date. The funds establishes an endowment to support teaching, academic programs, and enhancements in the graduate school of business, and provides a lead gift to construct a new building to house the graduate business programs.The gift is also eligible for matching funds from the State of Florida Major Gifts Trust Fund and from the Alec P. Courtelis Facilities Enhancement Challenge Grant Program, potentially increasing the total value of the gift to $50 million.[1]
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[edit] Undergraduate rankings
- 27th overall by the U.S. News & World Report, 2008[2]
- 11th for Finance
- 20th for Management[3]
- 8th for Marketing
- 8th for Real Estate
- 9th for Quantitative Analysis/Methods
- 15th for Production/Operations Management
- 15th for Accounting
[edit] MBA rankings
- 34th overall by the U.S. News & World Report, 2008 [4][5]
- 14th for Accounting
- 19th for Finance
- 14th for Marketing
- 1st (US), 79th (International) Economist Intelligence Unit, 2007 [6]
- 34th (US), 63rd (International) Financial Times, 2008 Ranking of rankings.[7]
- 1st for Distance Learning by the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2008 [8]
[edit] Department, schools and programs
- Department of Economics
- Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
- Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Master of Science in Real Estate[9]
- Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
- Department of Management
- Department of Marketing
- David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research
- Behavioral Research Facility
- Fisher School of Accounting
- Florida MBA Programs
- Graduate Programs Office
- College of Business Administration
[edit] Ethics Program
The ethics program at Warrington College of Business Administration is conducted by the Poe Center for Business Ethics Education and Research. The Center administers the following programs to graduate students in Management and Business Administration.
- Franklin Ethics Fellow (MSM Students)[10]
- Poe Ethics Fellow (MBA students)
[edit] See also
- List of United States business school rankings
- List of business schools in the United States
- Bryan Hall at UF
- Library West
[edit] References
- ^ Hough's Gift
- ^ "Best Undergraduate Business Programs". U.S. News & World Report. 2008. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/topprogs_brief.php. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ "Undergraduate business specialties: Management". U.S. News & World Report. 2008. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/bizspec06_brief.php. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ "America's Best Graduate Schools 2008". U.S.News & World Report. L.P.. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbarank_brief.php. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ University of Florida press release: April 2, 2008-UF MBA Among Top 15 Publics in U.S. News Top 50 Rankings
- ^ "2007 rankings". The Economist Intelligence Unit. 2007. http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=2002rankings&rank_category_id=20000002®ion_id=280000428&x=33&y=10. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "International business school rankings". Financial Times. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Which MBA
- ^ http://warrington.ufl.edu/fire/programs/msre/
- ^ "Franklin Fellows". Poe Center for Business Ethics Education and Research. http://warrington.ufl.edu/mang/centers/poe/franklin.asp. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Gainesville Sun Article about the College's Rankings
- About.com profile of Warrington
- Info about Warrington
- Warrington's Capital Campaign info
- Gainesville Sun info about the College
- Alligator article about the rankings
