Entrepreneur Schools


By Alexander Gordon

Students aspiring to become successful in business have a wide variety of the best schools for entrepreneurs to choose from. Some people naturally have a flair for being successful in business and they enroll in these schools to hone their skills and learn to make better use of any opportunity presented to them.

There are so many students bringing in so much revenue that the best schools for entrepreneurs keep competing with each other to better their standing in the best schools’ rankings. They offer better-structured programs, student support systems and top-notch faculty to attract students. It has to be acknowledged that students need business acumen, determination, hard work and zeal to become successful. They should also be alert enough to identify opportunities and make good use of them in order to achieve success of any kind—as a student or as a business entrepreneur.

Here is a list of some of the best schools for entrepreneurs, according to Forbes.

Top Ten Business Schools In The U.S.

Harvard
Columbia
Chicago
Dartmouth (Tuck)
Yale
Penn. (Wharton)
Stanford
UNC (Kenan-Flagler)
NorthWestern (Kellogg)
Virginia (Darden)

Top Ten Business Schools, Non-U.S. Insead
IMD
Cambridge (Judge)
Oxford (Said)
London (LBS)
York (Schulich)
SDA Bocconi
IESE
Australian GSOM
Queens

According To Fortune Small Business Magazine The Top Ten Business Schools For Entrepreneurs Are

DePaul
Harvard
Howard Simmons College, Boston
University of Arizona
University of Colorado
University of Texas
University of Rochester

Students thus have a great choice, but they have to make use of the opportunity given to them if they are selected to study in these elite schools. Some students are already successful in business and enroll in these programs to learn the trade secrets taught by their faculty. Some students are sponsored by the company they work for yet others are novices but equally hard working and determined to achieve success.

The tuition costs, though, are a bit steep, costing in the range of $30,000 to $35,000 per year at some of the schools with an increase of around 5% annually. It is not uncommon to find students enrolled in the best schools for entrepreneurs become multi-millionaires during the course of their study by implementing their business plans. Some students are already successful while they enroll in the schools. The best schools for entrepreneurs attract a host of students from foreign countries as well who are determined to become equipped with the business acumen needed to deal with the global business scenario as well as to be recruited by some top-notch company after graduation.

These are just some of the best schools for entrepreneurs. You can also take help of firms that offer services as well as products to help run successful businesses.

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