Isenberg School of Management

The Isenberg School of Management is the business school and also the second largest school at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the flagship campus for the University of Massachusetts system. The Isenberg School is accredited by the AACSB International^[5] and ACPHA.^[6]

Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Location	121 Presidents Drive Amherst, MA 01003
Coordinates	42°23′12″N 72°31′29″W / 42.38667°N 72.52472°W / 42.38667; -72.52472
Established	1947; 77 years ago (1947)^[1]
Named for	Eugene Isenberg
Previous names	School of Management (1983–1997) School of Business Administration (1947–1982)
Colors	^[2]^[3]
Gender	Co-educational
Dean	Anne P. Massey^[4]
Undergraduates	3400
Postgraduates	1472
Endowment	$69.23 million^[a]
Website	www.isenberg.umass.edu

The school offers seven undergraduate majors along with MS, MBA and Ph.D. programs. As of the 2014-2015 academic year, there were approximately 3500 undergraduate students and 1300 graduate students enrolled in the Isenberg School of Management.^[7] As of 2017, the Isenberg School has nearly 44,000 alumni^[8] in 72 countries.^[9]

History

Business courses were first offered at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in the early years of the 20th century, expanding rapidly during the 1930s and 1940s in response to student demand.^[10] The college's board of trustees established the School of Business Administration in 1947, and within seven years, it was conferring graduate degrees, including doctorates after 1967.^[10]

In 1964, the school moved to its current building in the heart of the UMass Amherst campus.^[11] In 1983, the School of Business Administration changed its name to School of Management. In 1998 the Isenberg School of Management was named after Eugene Isenberg,^[12] the chairman and CEO of Nabors Industries,^[13] which at the time was a world leader in gas and petroleum drilling.

McCormack Department of Sport Management

In 2010, the department of sports studies was renamed as the McCormack Department of Sport Management after Mark McCormack, founder and CEO of IMG.^[14]

Modern expansion

 

The expanded building around the north and northeast ends of the business school built by Bjarke Ingels Group.

The business school completed and opened a 70,000-square-foot expansion in 2019.^[11] The project was estimated at $62 million and added classrooms, labs, and student-facing spaces.^[15][16][17]

Programs

Undergraduate program

Isenberg awards Bachelor of Business Administration in five majors and Bachelor of Science in two majors.^[18] The finance undergraduate degree is affiliated with CFA Institute.^[19] The acceptance rate to BBA program was 5% to 10% for internal students.^[20] From fall 2022, the school stopped internal transfers who were not directly accepted into the program.^[21]

MBA and masters program

 

Students at the Isenberg School.

Isenberg offers full-time, part-time and online programs for its AACSB-accredited MBA degree. The school has the second largest MBA degree program in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by total enrolled students.^[22]

Isenberg offers Dual MBA/MS degrees in six disciplines: Public Policy and Administration, Sport Management, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Isenberg also awards M.S. degrees in Accounting and Sport Management.^[23]

Rankings

Undergraduate level

In 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked undergraduate program 47th in the United States.^[24]

Graduate level

At the MBA level, in 2020 and 2023^[25] U.S. News & World Report ranked Isenberg 53rd overall,^[26] and ranked its online MBA program 28th.^[27] Financial Times has ranked its online MBA program at 3rd worldwide and 1st in the United States for the years 2017,^[28] 2018,^[29] 2019,^[29] and 2020.^[30] In 2023, Financial Times has ranked its online MBA program at 5th worldwide and 2nd in the United States.^[31]

Individual departments

In 2019, Public Accounting Report’s Annual Professors Survey has ranked the college under top 30 for undergraduate,^[32] graduate,^[33] and Ph.D. accounting programs.^[34]

In 2022, the McCormack Department of Sport Management has been ranked #1 graduate-level global sports management program^[35] for the fourth time^[36] in the world by SportBusiness International.^[37][38][39] In 2014, Forbes called the sports management department "a world-wide leader in its field".^[40]

The school's Hospitality & Tourism Management Department was ranked #25 in the world in 2023 by CEOWORLD magazine.^[41]

Donor programs

In 2014, alumni Douglas and Diana Berthiaume donated $10 million to the university to establish Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship^[42][43] and further in 2023, they donated $20 million to support and expand faculty research and endow new faculty positions and professorships.^[44][45]

Notable alumni

Main page: Category:Isenberg School of Management alumni

Business

• Anshu Jain (1985), former Global co-CEO of Deutsche Bank
• Marc Forgione, owner of restaurant Marc Forgione in New York City
• John F. Smith, Jr. (1960), former CEO and chairman of General Motors Corporation
• Hina Rabbani Khar (2001), 30th Foreign Minister of Pakistan
• Julie Robenhymer, former Miss New Jersey
• V. Anantha Nageswaran, 18th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India
• Susan Fournier, Dean of Questrom School of Business
• David Fubini (1976), Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School^[46]
• Müjde Yüksel, Associate Professor at Suffolk University^[47]
• Vivek Paul, Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.^[48]
• Dennis Hanno, President of Wheaton College^[49]
• James Pallotta (1979), President of A.S. Roma and Chairman and Managing Director of Raptor Group
• Jeff Taylor 2001, founder of Monster.com
• John Legere, CEO and President of T-Mobile US
• Rudolf Rodríguez, former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
• Earl W. Stafford, founder of the Stafford Foundation

Sports and athletics

• Serena Williams,^[50] tennis player
• James Marcou, Assistant coach of Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey^[51]
• Jay Monahan, 4th Commissioner of the PGA Tour
• Li Li Leung (2003), President and CEO of USA Gymnastics
• Tony Barbee (1993), collegiate basketball coach at Auburn University
• Ben Cherington (1997), Former executive Vice President and General Manager of the Boston Red Sox
• Dave Jauss, baseball coach
• Neal Huntington (1992), General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Dave Littlefield (1984), Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Mike Tannenbaum (1991), former general manager of the New York Jets
• Adam Breneman, NFL player and commentator

Medicine

• J. Michael Millis, Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair of Global Surgery at University of Chicago.^[52]

Armed forces and police

• Robert I. Miller, Surgeon General of the US Air Force^[53]
• Samantha Sepulveda - Long Island police officer
• Lee E. Payne, Major General in the US Air Force

Honorary alumni

• Wayne Chang (Hon. D.B.), Co-founder of Crashlytics^[54][55]

Notable faculty

Executive-in-Residence

• David Stern, 4th Commissioner of the National Basketball Association^[56][57]
• Anita DeFrantz, member of the International Olympic Committee^[58]

Tenured faculty, endowed professors and chairs

• Javier Reyes, Professor of Finance and Chancellor^[59]
• Nefertiti Walker, Associate Professor
• Thomas Schneeweis, retired Michael and Cheryl Philipp Professor of Finance
• Sheila Bair, retired Visiting Professor of Finance, Chair Board of directors of Fannie Mae
• Hossein Kazemi, Michael and Cheryl Philipp Professor of Finance
• Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management
• Linda Smircich, Professor of Management

See also

• List of United States graduate business school rankings
• List of business schools in the United States

References

Explanatory notes

1. As of the year 2022, the total endowment of the business school is $69,239,223. The figures and the financial data reports are from Isenberg School's Dean's Report 2022.

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