Raymond J. Harbert College of Business

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Raymond J. Harbert College of Business at Auburn University
MottoInspiring business
Type Public business school
Established1967;57 years ago (1967)
Parent institution
 Auburn University
Endowment $41 million
Dean Dr. Joe Hanna, Interim Dean
Undergraduates 5,072
Postgraduates 980
Location
Auburn
,
Alabama
,
United States
Campus Small City
Alumni53,000
Website harbert.auburn.edu

The Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, commonly shortened to Harbert College is the business school of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Founded in 1967, it grants both undergraduate and graduate degrees, and is one of the university's nine constituent schools. Since 2013, the school has been named in honor of Auburn alumnus Raymond J. Harbert. The business school has over 6,000 students, 73 full-time faculty (157 total full-time staff), and over 53,000 graduates. It is one of the largest business schools in the Southeastern United States.

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History

Established in 1967 as a business school by Auburn University's board of trustees, the school expanded its curriculum and was renamed as a college in 1985. [1] The college was renamed the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business in June 2013 in honor of alumnus Raymond J. Harbert's $40 million donation to the school. [2] In 2016, Raymond and Kathryn Harbert made a $15 million donation to fund a planned 80,000-square-foot business building on Auburn's campus. [3]

In January 2018 Dean Bill Hardgrave stepped down as dean of the college after serving for seven years to take a new position as Auburn's provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. On August 1, 2018, Annette Ranft was announced as the new dean of the college, becoming the seventh dean and first woman to serve as dean of Harbert College of Business. [4] [5]

Enrollment in Harbert College grew by 47 percent from 2010 to 2018. [5]

Academics

The Harbert College of Business offers several Master of Business Administration programs (full-time MBA, part-time MBA, international MBA, physicians executive MBA and online MBA); several other master's degree programs; and several Ph.D. programs, including in accountancy, finance, marketing, international business, entrepreneurship, management of information systems, risk management and insurance, strategic management, and sports.

In June 2020, Harbert College created a new department for Supply Chain Management. Prior to the formation of the new department, Harbert's supply chain management degree had been ranked third in the nation by Gartner. [6]

Rankings

As of 2018, the college has seven programs ranked in the top ten in the nation. [5]

Business Rankings
U.S. MBA
Bloomberg (2023) [7] NR
U.S. News & World Report (2023) [8] 56
Global MBA
Financial Times (2023) [9] 99 (EMBA) [10]

Undergraduate School

The Harbert College of Business undergraduate program has been ranked in the nation across various publications, with the 2022 U.S. News & World Report ranking the business program 49th among all U.S. colleges and 34th among public institutions. [11]

In the 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings, these undergraduate programs were ranked the following:

Graduate school

In the 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings, the Harbert College of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA) program ranked #56 in the U.S. (top 30 among public universities). [12] The Financial Times ranked Harbert College of Business Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program #99 globally (#21 of programs based in the U.S.) in 2020. [10] In 2020, The Princeton Review ranked Harbert's online MBA program #19 in the nation and also ranked Harbert as the #2 best business school for minority students. [13] [14]

In 2014 U.S. News & World Report ranked the MBA program #2 in the nation in terms of best financial value. [15]

Notable Faculty and Alumni

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