SCU Leavey School of Business

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SCU Leavey School of
Business
MottoAd Majorem Dei Gloriam (Latin)
Motto in English
For the Greater Glory of God
Type Private Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Established1923
Endowment Increase2.svg$979.248 million (parent institution) [1]
Dean Ed Grier
Academic staff
Total: 142 (Fall 2012) (80 full-time / 62 part-time) [2]
Administrative staff
Total: 42 (Fall 2012) (37 full-time / 5 part-time) [2]
Students2,541 (Fall 2012) [3]
Undergraduates 1,588 (Fall 2012) [3]
Postgraduates 953 (Fall 2012) [3]
Location
Santa Clara
,
California
,
United States
Colors Red and White
  
Affiliations Santa Clara University
Website Official website

The SCU Leavey School of Business is one of the professional schools at Santa Clara University, a private academic institution in the heart of Silicon valley(Santa Clara). The School of Business was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business thirty years later. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Leavey School of Business provides undergraduate, graduate, and executive education.

Contents

History

Academics

The Leavey School of Business, which serves over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, has six academic departments including Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Operations Management and Information Systems.

Degrees in Accounting, Accounting & Information Systems (AIS), Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Operations and Management Information Systems (OMIS) [4]
Different methods of completing the degreeFull-Time, Part-Time (Evening and Saturdays), or Executive program [5]
-Joint-degree with School of Law JD/MBA
-Joint-degree with School of Law JD/MSIS

Centers & Institutes

"Centers and institutes in the School of Business provide scholars and organizations an interdisciplinary approach to business issues." [10]

Ranking

U.S. News & World Report ranked the Leavey School of Business 25th in the U.S. among part-time MBA programs in the "Best Graduate Schools 2018" ranking. [11] This ranking, up from No. 37 the previous year, places the Leavey School of Business 2nd in the Bay Area, 2nd among Jesuit Schools, and 4th in California. [12]

Graduates of the MBA program earn the 9th highest salaries in the nation compared with other MBA graduates according to a PayScale study published in 2016. [13]

The Master's in Finance program was ranked 3rd on the West Coast and 29th nationally in the 2017 Best Finance Program Rankings by The Financial Engineer (TFE) Times. [14]

The undergraduate business program was ranked 63rd in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report in 2017. [15] Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked it 51st in the U.S. for 2016, [16] and in 2013 ranked its macroeconomics sub-specialty 4th in the nation among undergraduate business schools. [17]

For 2021, Santa Clara University was ranked #53 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence by U.S. News & World Report . [18]

Leadership

The Leavey School of Business is led by Dean Ed Grier, appointed July 1, 2021.

Previous deans and their tenure:

Lucas Hall

Lucas Hall is among the newer buildings on the Santa Clara University campus and is home to the Leavey School of Business. Construction began in May 2007 and the building was formally dedicated on September 14, 2008, in honor of Donald L. Lucas, veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist. [19]

At approximately 86,000 square feet (8,000 m2), the facility is two and a half times the size of the former home of the Business School, Kenna Hall. The three-story building contains 12 classrooms (two dedicated to executive education), 102 faculty offices, 16 team project rooms, six large executive-style conference rooms, and a 100-seat seminar room. The center core of the facility contains the Dukes Business Services Center and the Cadence CyberCafe.

Notable alumni

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