Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eberly College of Business has been selected by the education services company Princeton Review for its “Best On-Campus MBA Program” listing.
As part of this recognition, IUP’s program is included in the Princeton Review’s “Best Business Schools for 2027” report.
Programs selected for the recognition were evaluated by independent surveys of administrators and students in MBA programs across the country, with responses about program academics, faculty, career services, technology, student body, campus life, and student satisfaction with the program and student career plans.
“It is heartening to be consistently listed with Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and other leading institutions as one of the best 200 business schools, which puts us in the top five percent of business schools in the country,” Dean of the Eberly College Prashanth Bharadwaj said.
“In the Eberly College, we are single-mindedly student-centered, and our focus is to provide students ‘a small-school environment with big-school opportunities.’ I am pleased that we are being recognized for that.”
In addition to this “Best Program” listing, the Eberly College of Business’s MBA program is ranked first in Pennsylvania by Best Value Schools, recognized by editors for value and programs that provide “a more personalized education, and thus a better education.”
In addition to ongoing recognition of the MBA program, the Eberly College of Business has been cited in the Princeton Review’s annual Best Business Schools guidebook since 2005.
IUP’s MBA program allows students to complete an MBA on a full-time or part-time basis. Full-time study can be completed in about one year; students can start the program in the fall or spring semester. Students can also select to focus on professional accountancy, finance, human resource management, international business, or marketing, or complete an MBA in STEM-designated areas of business analytics and supply chain management.
IUP’s Eberly College of Business has a robust international presence, including programs that offer students the option of completing their MBA in their home country or traveling to IUP’s Indiana campus for the second year of their MBA program, enhancing the diversity on the IUP campus.
IUP’s MBA program in Bangalore, India, in collaboration with PES University since 2005, has graduated over 1,500 alumni who have been successful as executives and entrepreneurs in numerous business sectors all over the world. Eberly’s MBA program routinely attracts students from many regions of the world, including Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Scholarships and graduate assistantship awards of up to 50 percent of tuition are available to qualified full-time students.
Some of the top employers hiring IUP MBA graduates include BNY Mellon, PNC Bank, IBM, Prudential, BNP Paribus, Ernst & Young, Dow Chemical, Citizens Bank, Accenture, Coca-Cola, Deloitte & Touche, GE, Merrill Lynch, PPG, Renault, Rockwell International, Siemens, and more.
AACSB-International, the longest-serving and premier global accrediting body for business schools, recently extended IUP’s Eberly College of Business’s business and accounting programs accreditation through the 2031–32 academic year.
Only 1,077 universities in the world hold AACSB business accreditation, representing about six percent of the world’s colleges and schools of businesses. IUP’s business program has been accredited since 2001.
IUP’s accounting program has held the supplemental AACSB Accounting accreditation since 2023; only 195 universities globally have achieved this accreditation, and IUP holds the distinction of being the first and only member of the Pennsylvania State System to receive this recognition. IUP’s accounting program offers a bachelor of science degree and a minor in accounting. The accounting program is part of the IUP Department of Accounting and Information Systems.
In addition to the accounting program, Eberly College of Business bachelor’s degree programs in finance, entrepreneurship and small business management, general management, human resource management, supply chain management, and marketing, and the master of business administration and PhD in business all hold AACSB accreditation. Programs in the Department of Hospitality and Employment Relations hold accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration and the American Culinary Federation.
Since its founding in 1875, IUP has evolved from a teacher-training institution into a doctoral research university recognized for its commitment to student success and achievement. IUP’s Impact 150 comprehensive campaign is designed to honor a legacy of educational excellence while looking toward a future of innovation, public service, and leadership in healthcare education, including the first college of osteopathic medicine at a public university in Pennsylvania.