It was a double dose of good news for Marist College this month. First, the Princeton Review named the School of Management at Marist College one of the nation”™s outstanding business schools for the fifth year in a row. Then, Kiplinger”™s magazine named the school one of the best college bargains.
Poughkeepsie-based Marist offers an online MBA program and the undergraduate and graduate business programs are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
The school is featured in the Princeton Review”™s ratings guide, Best 296 Business Schools 2009 edition. Rankings are determined by an 80-question survey, which asked students about themselves, their career plans and their schools”™ academics, student body and campus life.
The schools in The Princeton Review guidebooks are not ranked academically nor are they ranked hierarchically in any single category. The information is available at www.princetonreview.com
For the third year in a row, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine has named Marist one of the 50 Best Buys in private college education in the country. The designation is contained in the February edition of the popular economics and money management publication. The article can also be accessed online at www.kiplinger.com.
“The fact that Marist has been chosen for these distinctions gives our entire college community great satisfaction,” said Marist President Dennis J. Murray. “In particular, I salute our faculty ”¦ for providing our students with learning experiences in and out of the classroom that give them an advantage in what is an increasingly competitive global marketplace.”
“We’re honored to be included in such company,” said Kent Rinehart, dean of undergraduate admission at Marist, noting applications are up 25 percent over the past two years and credited word of mouth for the popularity.
The college is also in the midst of an $80 million capital campaign, with a major focus on expanding its endowed scholarship program.
