The SCU Leavey School of Business is one of the professional schools at Santa Clara University, a private academic institution in the San Francisco Bay Area. The School of Business was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business thirty years later. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Leavey School of Business provides undergraduate, graduate, and executive education.
Degrees in Accounting, Accounting & Information Systems (AIS), Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Operations and Management Information Systems (OMIS)[4]
"Centers and institutes in the School of Business provide scholars and organizations an interdisciplinary approach to business issues."[10]
Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE)
Certified Equity Professional Institute (CEPI)
Executive Development Center (EDC)
Food & Agribusiness Institute (FAI)
My Own Business Institute (MOBI)
Retail Management Institute (RMI)
Rankingedit
U.S. News & World Report ranked the Leavey School of Business 25th in the U.S. among part-time MBA programs in the "Best Graduate Schools 2018" ranking.[11] This ranking, up from No. 37 the previous year, places the Leavey School of Business 2nd in the Bay Area, 2nd among Jesuit Schools, and 4th in California.[12]
Graduates of the MBA program earn the 9th highest salaries in the nation compared with other MBA graduates according to a PayScale study published in 2016.[13]
The Master's in Finance program was ranked 3rd on the West Coast and 29th nationally in the 2017 Best Finance Program Rankings by The Financial Engineer (TFE) Times.[14]
The undergraduate business program was ranked 63rd in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report in 2017.[15]Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked it 51st in the U.S. for 2016,[16] and in 2013 ranked its macroeconomics sub-specialty 4th in the nation among undergraduate business schools.[17]
For 2021, Santa Clara University was ranked #53 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence by U.S. News & World Report.[18]
Leadershipedit
The Leavey School of Business is led by Dean Ed Grier, appointed July 1, 2021.
Previous deans and their tenure:
Naren Agrawal, interim dean (2020-2021), currently Benjamin and Mae Swig Professor of Information Systems and Analytics
Caryn Beck-Dudley, dean (2015-2020), President and CEO of AACSB
S. Andrew Starbird, interim dean (2009-2010), dean (2010-2015), currently director of the My Own Business Institute at SCU
Barry Z. Posner (1996-2009), professor of leadership and best-selling co-author of The Leadership Challenge
Alexander Field, acting dean (1995–1996), currently Orradre Professor of Economics
James L. Koch (1990–1995), currently Don C. Dodson Distinguished Service Professor
Albert Bruno, acting dean (1988–1989), currently Cleary Professor of Marketing
Andre Delbecq (1978–1988), currently McCarthy Presidential Professor
Charles J. Dirksen (1941–1978)
Lucas Halledit
Lucas Hall is among the newer buildings on the Santa Clara University campus and is home to the Leavey School of Business. Construction began in May 2007 and the building was formally dedicated on September 14, 2008, in honor of Donald L. Lucas, veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist.[19]
At approximately 86,000 square feet (8,000 m2), the facility is two and a half times the size of the former home of the Business School, Kenna Hall. The three-story building contains 12 classrooms (two dedicated to executive education), 102 faculty offices, 16 team project rooms, six large executive-style conference rooms, and a 100-seat seminar room. The center core of the facility contains the Dukes Business Services Center and the Cadence CyberCafe.
Notable alumniedit
Donald Barbieri (1968), former CEO WestCoast Hospitality Corp
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