When Sanjay Sharma took over as dean of ̽̽ Grossman School of Business in 2011, one of his goals was to transform its MBA and make it the top MBA program in the country for sustainable business innovation.
He wanted the accelerated, 12-month program to integrate sustainable business practices across all disciplines. A transformation that ensured the concepts of ethics, sustainability and purpose are fully integrated throughout all of its classes; not just tacked on as a single module or elective course.
That dream became a reality in 2018 when The Princeton Review ranked the Grossman School of Business’ Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) program No. 1 on its list of “Best Green MBA” programs; a No.1 accolade that was subsequently repeated in 2019 and 2020.
While the SI-MBA program was subsequently ranked No.2 in 2021 in The Princeton Review' “Best Green MBA” rankings, and at No.2 again recently for 2022– although it remained the No.1 ranked among AACSB accredited schools – dean Sharma is proud of the ongoing accomplishment of either a No.1 or 2 ranking for the past 5 years in a row.
“While we are very gratified by our continuing ranking by Princeton Review as one of the top Green MBA programs in the US, we keep our eyes not on the rankings but firmly on the goal of preparing our students with the knowledge, skills and tools to address global sustainable challenges as business leaders in a sustainable world,” said Sharma. “Our faculty and staff are deeply passionate about this mission and dedicated to continuous improvement and co-creation of the program with our students, alumni, and the business community.”
The Princeton Review ranking also comes on the heels of the SI-MBA program ranking by Corporate Knights – a Toronto-based media and research company focused on clean capitalism – in its “Better World MBA Rankings.” The SI-MBA program has now been ranked in their top 10 for the past 4 years. In addition, the SI-MBA is also ranked in The Princeton Review’ "Top 50 schools for Entrepreneurship" for 2022.
Program director, Caroline Hauser said. "We’re honored to be recognized again for our work in reinventing business education and it’s inspiring to see so many business schools integrating sustainability in to their curriculums. We look forward to the day when all MBAs are green MBAs, as doing business better is in the best interest of people and the planet. To business schools not on this list: please join us, and quickly!"
"We recommend the Grossman School of Business as an excellent choice for an aspiring MBA," said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's Editor-in-Chief. He noted that the company chose the schools for its 2022 list based on data from the company's surveys of administrators at business schools during the 2020-21 academic year. The administrator survey, which numbered more than 300 questions, covered topics from academic offerings and admission requirements to data about current students as well as graduates' employment.
Franek added, "What makes our Best Business Schools list unique is that we factor in data from our surveys of students attending the schools about their campus and classroom experiences. For our 2022 list we tallied surveys of more than 18,900 students at 241 business schools."
The Princeton Review's methodology can be found .
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. Less than 5% of the world's 13,000 business programs have earned AACSB Accreditation.
