In rankings by seniors from 139 participating undergraduate business programs, Lally placed in the top 20 in Strategy (#1), Quantitative Methods (#6), Calculus (#11) and Operations Management (#13) in Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s annual “Best Business Programs by Specialty.”
As part of Bloomberg Businessweek's annual ranking of top undergraduate business programs, senior business students rate their business programs in 12 specialty areas. Based on students’ input, BusinessWeek develops scores for each school in each specialty area.
Lally placed among the top 20 schools in 4 specialty areas: Strategy, Quantitative Methods, Calculus and Operations Management. In “Best Business Programs by Specialty,” BusinessWeek highlighted Lally as an example of how some programs can unexpectedly excel in specialty areas:
‘What is surprising is how many different universities can boast of a top-10 finish. In all, 48 schools appear on at least one top-10 list, and the programs that excel in the various specialty areas are, in some cases, not be the ones you might expect. For instance, the best program for corporate strategy is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management & Technology (Lally Undergraduate Business Profile), which ranked 34th overall. Lally also ranks sixth in quantitative methods, an area that students feel sets their program apart. "It's the emphasis on quantitative coursework combined with the incorporation of technology into each course that make the Lally experience unique," wrote one senior business student at RPI in the Bloomberg Businessweek survey.’
Full Article: Best Business Programs by Specialty
Lally appears in the top 20 schools in the following Specialty Rankings tables:
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#1 in “Top Schools for Strategy”
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#11 in “Top Schools for Calculus”
BusinessWeek ranked Lally #34 nationwide: Top Undergraduate Business Programs