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NEWSLINE - Spring 1999

Largest Business Schools by Enrollment*

Results of the AACSB 1998-99 School Fact Form Survey, as reported through the voluntary participation of 442 member schools, identify the member institutions reporting the largest business school enrollments for fall 1998. Figures represent student enrollment for business programs included in the institution’s regional accreditation, including off-campus business programs.

BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAM
Full Time		Total			Total
1.	University of Phoenix	8,090	1.	Baruch College-The City University of New York	10,583
2.	Baruch College-The City University of New York	7,160	2.	University of Phoenix	8,090
3.	Indiana University	6,685	3.	Indiana University	6,840
4.	Texas A&M University	6,399	4.	Texas A&M University	6,399
5.	The Pennsylvania State University	5,768	5.	California State University, Fullerton	6,135
6.	The Ohio State University	5,633	6.	The Pennsylvania State University	6,005
7.	Michigan State University	5,584	7.	The Ohio State University	5,920
8.	University of Florida	5,272	8.	San Diego State University	5,899
9.	Texas Tech University	4,637	9.	Michigan State University	5,584
10.	San Diego State University	4,549	10.	University of Central Florida	5,518
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM
Full Time		Total			Total
1.	University of Phoenix	4,118	1.	Webster University	7,404
2.	Webster University	3,990	2.	University of Phoenix	4,118
3.	The University of Pennsylvania	1,668	3.	City University	3,332
4.	Thunderbird, American Graduate School of International Management	1,577	4. 5.	University of St. Thomas University of Chicago	3,155 2,795
5.	Harvard University	1,478	6.	Pepperdine University	2,635
6.	Columbia University	1,373	7.	DePaul University	2,569
7.	Northwestern University	1,200	8.	Northwestern University	2,504
8.	University of Chicago	1,190	9.	Georgia State University	2,485
9.	DePaul University	1,188	10.	Baruch College-The City University of New York	2,075
10.	The University of Texas at Austin	1,177
DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM
Full Time		Total			Total
1.	University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign	177	1.	University of Sarasota	298
2.	The University of Pennsylvania	169	2.	Cornell University	223
3.	Michigan State University	150	3.	The University of Pennsylvania	195
4.	Purdue University University of Tennessee at Knoxville	106 106	4.	University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign	177
6.	University of Iowa	105	5. 6.	The George Washington University Michigan State University	163 150
7.	Harvard University	96	7.	Temple University	134
8.	University of Minnesota Columbia University	95 95	8.	The University of Arizona	118
10.	University of Sarasota	92	9.	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Newark)	116
			10.	University of Iowa	113

*As reported through a voluntary survey of 442 AACSB member institutions.