Henry W. Bloch School of Management

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Henry W. Bloch School of Management
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Type Public
Established1952
Endowment US$24 million
Dean Brian Klaas, PhD
Academic staff
45
Students1558
Location
Kansas City
,
Missouri
,
USA

39°01′59″N94°34′52″W / 39.03296°N 94.58121°W / 39.03296; -94.58121
Campus Urban
Website bloch.umkc.edu
Henry W. Bloch School of Management

Henry W. Bloch School of Management (formerly known as Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration) is an AACSB accredited business school founded in 1952 at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business, Accounting and Public Administration. It is named after Alumnus Henry W. Bloch, founder of H&R Block. [1] The Bloch School also offers NASPAA accredited degrees in Public administration.

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Rankings

The school's Executive MBA was ranked once by Financial Times and the Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Non-Profit Management is ranked among the top 25 of the United States by U.S. News & World Report . [2]

The School is also home to a number of centers and institutes such as the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs and the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership.

In 2025, U.S. News ranked the UMKC Bloch School of Management as a "best business school" and received very high rankings for it's MBA. Out of 239 business schools in the entire country, the part-time Masters of Business Administration (MBA) was ranked #105.

2014-2015 Ranking Controversy

In 2012, the Journal of Product Innovation Management published a study that ranked the school number 1 in the world for research in innovation management. [3] [4] However, the methodology of the study and the independence of its authors was questioned. [5] [6] In March 2015, the journal published an "expression of concern" regarding the study. [7]

After a 2014 investigation led by the Kansas City Star, and a subsequent audit by an international accounting firm, the school was found to have knowingly falsified its ranking to the Princeton Review. [8] [9] [10] The UMKC business school lost 4 years of rankings from the Princeton Review for falsifying data. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Bloch School Fast Facts
  2. ↑ About the Bloch School
  3. ↑ Yang, Pianpian; Tao, Lei (2012). "Perspective: Ranking of the World's Top Innovation Management Scholars and Universities". Journal of Product Innovation Management. 29 (2): 319. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00898.x.
  4. ↑ "UMKC Ranks Number One for Innovation Management Research". University of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "UMKC's misleading march to the top". Kansas City Star . Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "For Business School's No. 1 Ranking, Big Asterisk Looms – The Ticker - Blogs". The Chronicle of Higher Education . Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Journal expresses concern about study that ranked UMKC No. 1". Kansas City Star . Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Hendricks, Mike; Rose Williams, Mará (January 30, 2015). "UMKC Bloch School submitted false data for rankings, but results might not have changed, auditors say". The Kansas City Star.
  9. ↑ "Auditors find UMKC business school submitted false data". AP News. 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  10. ↑ Jaschik, Scott. "Fibbing for Rankings". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  11. ↑ Hendricks, Mike; Rose Williams, Mará (February 3, 2015). "UMKC loses its top rankings in the Princeton Review". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
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