The Princeton Review ranked the University of Wisconsin’s law and business schools among the nation’s best, with UW’s business school praised for its facilities and graduate entrepreneurial program.
According to a statement from UW, the School of Business was ranked 19th on its graduate entrepreneurial program and 8th on the school’s facilities.
“At this famous university, the business school is located in the middle of campus with the 42,000 other students, so there is a constant buzz of activity,” The Princeton Review said in the statement.
The Princeton Review also praised the master’s of business administration program for offering 10 career specializations.
According to the statement, the Princeton Review does not rank academics and hierarchy of schools, but instead it looks at the programs the schools offer.
UW’s law school was also favorably reviewed for their tough admissions policy and the academic experience they provide students.
Law School Dean Ken Davis said while the Princeton Review does not have overall ranks for the law schools, he knew that the school had been ranked in academic experience and admission selectivity, with 86th and 87th rankings respectively. He was hopeful that the Princeton Review would help recruit students to the law school.
According to a statement from UW, Princeton Review looked at 172 law schools when crafting the rankings.
“While the Princeton Review’s list may not be as influential as the U.S. News rankings, it is still a great honor to be included,” Davis said.
Stacy Forster, UW spokesperson, said the Princeton Review used feedback from students to compile the rankings.
“The Princeton Review compiled the lists based on its surveys of 18,000 students attending the 172 law schools and 19,000 students attending the 300 business schools in the books, as well as on school-reported data,” Forster said in an e-mail to The Badger Herald.
Forster also mentioned that the average student surveys used for the 2011 editions of the book was 100 students from each law school and 65 students from the business schools. The students were given an 80-question survey asking them about their school’s academics, student body and campus life, themselves and their career plans.
