Charlton College Among Princeton Review Best of 2009

Charlton College Listed Among Princeton Review's Best 296 Business Schools in 2009 Edition

UMass Dartmouth's Charlton College of Business is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review.  The New York-based education services company features the university in the 2009 edition of its Best 296 Business Schools (Random House / Princeton Review, Oct. 7, 2008, $22.95).

According to Princeton Review Vice President of Publishing Robert Franek, "We select schools for this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and offerings, institutional data we collect from the schools and the candid opinions of students attending them who rate and report on their campus experiences at the schools.  We are pleased to recommend UMass Dartmouth to readers of our book and users of our website as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA."  

Best 296 Business Schools has two-page profiles of the schools with write-ups on their academics, student life and admissions, plus ratings for their academics, selectivity and career placement services.  In the profile on UMass Dartmouth, The Princeton Review editors describe the school as "building its reputation, giving students a great deal of pride in feeling that they are a part of something that will be much bigger in the future." They note that the university "excels at providing its mix of local part-timers and international full-timers a convenient MBA program that can be completed in as little as one year or as many as five years."

UMass Dartmouth MBA students praise their program's "fine academic facilities and equipment as well as the school's "favorable student-professor ratio." They describe administrators and professors as "very helpful and nice," adding that they make "everything easier to understand." The net result of these positive factors is a "satisfying academic experience."

In a "Survey Says. . ." sidebar in the profile, The Princeton Review lists topics that UMass Dartmouth students it surveyed for the book were in most agreement about.  This list includes "helpful alumni," "happy students," "smart classrooms" and "solid preparation in accounting and presentation skills." The Princeton Review's 80-question survey asked students about themselves, their career plans and their schools' academics, student body and campus life.

Author: John Hoey [Contact]
Date: 20-3-2009