The Marquette University College of Business Administration is one of the primary colleges at

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, located in

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History

The College of Business Administration was founded in 1910 as simply the School of Economics, and obtained its current status as a college in 1923. Forty-three years later, in 1953, the college offered its first graduate school classes. The graduate programs were spun off into the Marquette University Graduate School of Management in 2006. In 2008, the

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base of the college topped 20,000 graduates worldwide.

Programs and reputation

The College of Business Administration offers

bachelor's A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ( ...

master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

and executive master's degrees as well as dual-degree programs in conjunction with other schools such as law. The college is divided between six academic departments:

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

International Business International business refers to the trade of goods and service goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational scale. It includes all commercial activities that promote the transfer o ...

and

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

. The college also has centers focusing in Real Estate, Sales, Economics and Supply Chain, as well as a commercial banking and investment management program. In 2024, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Marquette's

executive MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

and part-time

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

programs in the top 30 and top 75 in the nation, respectively. The same set of rankings placed Marquette's overall undergraduate business ranking at 118th nationally. The undergraduate programs in accounting, real estate, finance and supply chain management were among the top business specialty programs, coming in at 46th, 21st, 12th and 17th respectively.

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