Top 10 Colleges for Budding Entrepreneurs

In this weekend edition of the 2013 Unigo College Rankings we're showcasing the colleges across the country that, according to students, have built exemplary entrepreneurship programs and made resources for aspiring founders readily available.

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Comments

[Jeron Sidnal]

06:02 PM on 09/04/2012

It's nice seeing my alma mate, USC, on the list. However, I'm not convinced that the USC experience was worth the debt.

Fight On!

[Matthew S Harris]

09:08 AM on 09/04/2012

I'm sure these colleges have some great resources, however I'd be more interested in seeing the top colleges that produce the most startup companies. Shouldn't it be more about the outcomes?

[James B Hixson]

07:09 PM on 09/03/2012

Ignore this column. Take the money you would have used to go to college and invest it in your own business, or buy your home and pay it off. Since a house is one of life's most expensive necessity, you wouldn't have to make as much money to pay it off with interest. Then, you would use the money that you would have been using to pay off the college tuition and the house to start your own business.

[Debt Free Teen]

11:32 PM on 09/03/2012

I'm doing something middle of the road. I'm "buying" a college education that I can afford without debt. I agree that if you are entrepreneurial minded, a college degree isn't necessarily going enhance your skills. A mentor might be more help.

[Tom Mulhall]

02:26 PM on 09/03/2012

I went to Univ of Illinois. I've always been an entrepreneur at heart. Back in those days you had to create your own program by taking accounting, marketing, public relations, advertising, human resources, business law, computers, etc. Anyone can get a well rounded entrepreneurial education at most public schools if they really want to.

And the best class I ever took was typing in high school ( in the pre PC era).

[harpo73]

12:48 PM on 09/03/2012

hmm.... I am not LDS but I have heard GREAT things about BYU. Suppoosably around BYU there are a bunch of business startups making it a fast growing region.

[chattabox]

10:44 AM on 09/03/2012

Here is a good thought, why not educate yourselves via U tube or any other free learning network then go take the exam get qualified? What i do not understand is with all this increase in debt etc world wide why the hell is college and University education so expensive? And all one has to do is sit in a classroom and listen...beats the hell out of me really!

BTW some colleges are full of sh*t!! There are less inexpensive colleges/universities which are just as good. i think presently in this time we should be hired on expertise and experience compared to qualifications; because there are idiots who attend these universities who don't know their head from their a** after acquiring their results. There are entry level associates who know much more than they do but because of so called qualifications from so called recognized institutes they make a lesser salary and have to finish off the work load or help those more so called qualified people from so called recognized institutes. i suggest save your money, self educate yourself.

education isn't bad but it costs way more now than before, and with all these qualified people in this world who are searching for employment how is that possible?

[realitytrumpsbull]

04:58 AM on 09/03/2012

How many have had cheating problems, like Harvard, recently? Not all that calls itself business is also ethical, and at the end of the day, education itself has become a business, where the students ARE the business.

[TheSocialCapitalist]

12:14 AM on 09/03/2012

Here's a hint... entrepreneurship can't be taught in a classroom. To suggest that an environment is conducive to entrepreneurship because of established and structured systems is frankly hilarious. But thanks for the laugh.

Any list on entrepreneurship that doesn't stand and end with Harvard, MIT and Stanford is worthless.

[cjmccoy]

08:53 PM on 09/02/2012

The picture of OU (not UO) is of Oklahoma State University. Thanks for the accolades!
Boomer Sooner!

[Aaron Burne]

01:38 PM on 09/02/2012

The picture for U Miami is actually Miami University's Farmer School of Business, which is far better than UM's school (according to Bloomberg Businessweek).

[jshdirtbike2]

09:41 PM on 09/04/2012

As a student living about 300 feet away in the building in the corner of the picture, I can tell you that the photo is of the University of Miami's sign in Coral Gables, FL.

[ackezzy]

11:46 PM on 09/01/2012

never heard of babson in my life

[ricchh]

07:32 PM on 09/01/2012

This list left off the obvious biggest ones, Stanford, Columbia, MIT.

[realpragmatist]

08:46 AM on 09/02/2012

Harvard too.

[garystartswithg]

12:33 AM on 09/03/2012

A degree from Harvard is fast being re-evlaluated for their corporate and govt shills, and their least illustrous legacies. Ditto Yale. I would expect a lot more academic scandals coming out of Harvard and Yale in the months and years ahead. It takes a long time for a school to lose the romantic notions that surround it, but the comeuppance is inevitable.

[plaidsportcoat]

04:31 PM on 09/01/2012

Oh! Let me RUSH to like in Oklahoma, then!

[cjmccoy]

08:56 PM on 09/02/2012

You should, actually. There are amazing things happening in Oklahoma, including great cost of living, the NBA, OKC's fantastic rebirth, lowest unemployment in the nation, and both major state research institutions are producing fantastic comprehensive results. This is not the first time that Oklahoma has received recognition for entrepreneurial activity. I am certain that Oklahoman's would welcome you with open arms and you wouldn't want to leave.

[garystartswithg]

12:34 AM on 09/03/2012

as long as you aren't a native american. sooners with a cause!

[dudervision]

04:30 PM on 09/01/2012

OK...let me see...Google, Yahoo, Excite, Sun Microsystems, SGI, Hewlett Packard, Cisco the list goes on and on of companies that started at Stanford University, not USC, not the University of Miami, not the University of Oklahoma. Again, Huffpo posts a meaningless list. I know of few schools that can rival Stanford in terms of cultivating entrepreneurs. It's part of their culture.

Oh, and the University of Michigan also isn't too shabby and Harvard (as we like to say the "Stanford of the East") also is an amazing source of new companies including Microsoft.

[cjmccoy]

08:59 PM on 09/02/2012

You might review the opening paragraph before marginalizing the work of these great universities: "we're showcasing the colleges across the country that, according to students, have built exemplary entrepreneurship programs and made resources for aspiring founders readily available." According to students. Built exemplary entrepreneurship programs. Made resources readily available.

You are not incorrect in naming the institutions you named, but this list would be incredibly boring if it told you something you already knew.

[Bobolini]

04:18 PM on 09/01/2012

Ha! Your choices are OK, but the shot of USCs ICT logo caught my eye. (I designed it) While the Annenberg business school is fabulous, I don't think ICT, one of the worlds most advanced think tanks for immersive reality has much going for entrepreneurs! They make virtual humans, artificial intelligence and immersive environments.