Established | 1947 |
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Dean | Craig G. White |
Academic staff
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103 (total) 50 (tenured and tenure-track) 53 (adjunct and non-tenure track) |
Undergraduates | 981 |
Postgraduates | 474 |
Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Website | mgt.unm.edu |
Coordinates: 35°05′10″N 106°37′08″W / 35.086°N 106.619°W
The Anderson School of Management (Anderson) is the business school of the University of New Mexico (UNM). Anderson was the first professional school of management established in the state of New Mexico.
The school was founded as the College of Business Administration in 1947 under Dean Robert Rehder. It has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 1975. UNM was the third university to gain professional AACSB accreditation for both their bachelor's and master's degree programs management programs. In 1974, the school was named for Robert Orville Anderson, a New Mexico oilman and longtime CEO of the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). The school was the first at a state college or university in New Mexico to be named in honor of a prominent citizen.