W.P. Carey School of Business
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| Motto | "Where business is personal" |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1961 |
| Dean | Amy J. Hillman |
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Academic staff
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258 |
| Undergraduates | 11,897 |
| Postgraduates | 1,478 |
| Location |
Tempe, Arizona, U.S. 33°24′58″N 111°56′02″W / 33.416°N 111.934°WCoordinates: 33°24′58″N 111°56′02″W / 33.416°N 111.934°W |
| Campus | 508 acres (ASU) |
| Mascot | Sparky (ASU) |
| Website | www |
| Business school rankings | |
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| Worldwide MBA | |
| Financial Times | 21 |
| U.S. MBA | |
| Bloomberg Businessweek | 49 |
| Forbes | 47 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 25 |
| U.S. undergraduate | |
| Bloomberg Businessweek | 71 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 29 |
The W. P. Carey School of Business is the business school of Arizona State University and is one of the largest business schools in the United States, with over 250 faculty, and more than 1,000 graduate and 10,000 undergraduate students. The school was named for William P. Carey following his $50 million gift in 2003. In 2014, the W. P. Carey School was ranked 22nd in the world for economics/business by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities,.
The school began as the Department of Commerce, offering business courses and curriculum to students interested in a business career. As the department expanded, Emil John Hilkert was tapped to serve as dean for six months, although Glenn D. Overman was accountable for establishing most of the College of Business programs and is generally recognized as the founding dean.
Endowed in 2003 by William Polk Carey with a $50 million pledge from the W. P. Carey Foundation, the school was renamed, "W. P. Carey School of Business", and has quickly become an internationally recognized business school for its top-notch faculty, research, services marketing, and supply chain management programs. At the time, the $50 million pledge was the second-largest single donation to any U.S. business school, according to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
On October 29, 2011, the school commemorated the groundbreaking of McCord Hall, named for Arizona philanthropist Sharon Dupont McCord and the late Bob McCord. Opened in the fall of 2013, McCord Hall is a 129,000 square foot facility, featuring more classrooms for graduate programs and undergraduate honors students, technologically advanced team rooms, a new career center, outdoor assembly areas, and the latest in environmental innovation.
In October 2015, the school announced that the students accepted into the Fall 2016 Full Time MBA program will received free tuition.
The W. P. Carey School of Business is accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
W. P. Carey offers two undergraduate degrees: a Bachelor of Science degree with option of nine business majors and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business with several concentration options that combines core business courses with a focus in one of 16 interdisciplinary areas from other colleges. The W. P. Carey undergraduate business program is ranked 27th in the nation overall by US News & World Report. The W. P. Carey graduate programs office offers several different way for students to receive their Master's of Business Administration: Full-Time, Evening, Weekend, and Executive.
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