The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management is the Department of Applied Economics and Management and one of two undergraduate business colleges within the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at

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located in

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. The school was officially named in 2010 after a $25 million gift from John S. Dyson ’65, of Millbrook Capital Management, to establish the department in honor of his father

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. The school focuses on business,

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, environmental and resource economics, and international and development economics offering a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management and three graduate degrees, M.S., M.P.S. and Ph.D, in Applied Economics and Management. As of 2017, the Dyson School has 64 full-time faculty and 17 lecturers or adjunct faculty. In 2015, there were 104 graduate students and 735 undergraduates in the Dyson School.

Academics

The department offers one undergraduate major, Applied Economics and Management, which is an

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accredited undergraduate business program. Dyson earned a 6th-place ranking in Poets & Quants Best Undergraduate Business Programs of 2016. In fact, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dyson's business program #7 in its 2018 rankings of top undergraduate business programs.

Finances

The program is endowed by a $25 million gift from the Dyson family. It also receives annual state appropriations through the SUNY budget. As is the case with all students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in-state students pay a lower tuition than do out-of-state students. The program is based in Warren Hall which is owned and maintained by New York State. The unit also helps provide farms and businesses in New York with useful information regarding agricultural economics as a part of Cornell's

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program. The school publishes an annual ''New York Economic Handbook'' as well as ''Extension Bulletins''.

List of deans

* Lynn Perry Wooten 2017-2020

References

External links

Official site

Announcement of renaming of school
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Academics

List of deans

See also

References

External links