Fact Sheet

 
Mission The Marriott School's four-fold mission is:
 
Education To attract, develop, and place men and women of faith, character, and professional ability who will become outstanding leaders capable of dealing with change in a dynamic, global environment.
Research To advance knowledge by building on strong conceptual foundations to identify and solve critical management problems, focusing special attention on global, technological, and entrepreneurial drivers.
Outreach To extend the blessings of management education to members of the worldwide Church.
Friendship To develop friends for the university and Church around the world through service in professional organizations and by collaborating in the development of management-education programs.
School
  • Brigham Young University's college of business became the School of Management in 1975. The school was named for Marriott Corporation founders J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott in 1988.
  • The Marriott School is housed in the N. Eldon Tanner Building, a seven-story, 120,000 square foot, granite building located on BYU campus in Provo, Utah.
Students
  • Approximately 1,900 undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students are enrolled in the Marriott School.
  • Nearly 75 percent of the students are bilingual, about 20 percent speak a third language. Most have lived abroad.
  • The school enrolls approximately 10 percent international students.
Rankings

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PROGRAM

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  2nd Accounting Public Accounting Report, 2007  
  3rd Accounting U.S. News & World Report, 2007  
  7th Undergraduate Programs BusinessWeek, 2008  
  38th Business Management U.S.News & World Report, 2007  
  19th International Business U.S. News & World Report, 2007  
  22nd Entrepreneurship Emphasis Entrepreneur, 2007  



G R A D U A T E


 

RANK

PROGRAM

SOURCE

 
  1st MBA (regional schools) The Wall Street Journal, 2007  
  1st MBA (time to payback) BusinessWeek, 2006  
  2nd MBA (emphasis on ethics) The Wall Street Journal, 2007  
  4th MBA (accounting emphasis) The Wall Street Journal, 2007  
  9th MBA (corporate social responsibility) The Wall Street Journal, 2007  
  18th MBA Forbes, 2007  
  29th MBA U.S.News & World Report, 2008  
  World 82nd MBA Financial Times, 2008  
  2nd MBA (Most Family-Friendly) The Princeton Review, 2008  
  2nd MAcc Public Accounting Report, 2007  
  51st MPA U.S.News & World Report, 2008  

Degrees
  • Undergraduate: BS Management, BS Accountancy, and BS Information Systems
  • Graduate: MBA, MPA, MACC, MISM, Executive MBA, and Executive MPA
Faculty
  • 130 full-time faculty and 75 adjunct, part time, or visiting faculty. More than 90 percent of full-time faculty have PhDs.
  • Many of the faculty are recognized experts and have served as president or chair of professional organizations such as:
    – American Academy of Management—David A. Whetten
    – American Taxation Association-Robert—L. Gardner
    – National Task Force on Telecommunications Taxation—Gary C. Cornia
    – American Accounting Association—W. Steve Albrecht
    – Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and American Accounting Association—W. Steve Albrecht
Publications
  • Economic Self-Reliance—a new semi-annual practitioner focused publication that highlights research and best practices
  • Marriott Alumni Magazine—a tri-annual publication that showcases innovative business research and ideas as well as news from the school and alumni
Alumni
  • The school has nearly 44,000 alumni.
  • More than 900 alumni actively advise students through the volunteer mentor program.
  • More than 500 alumni and friends are involved with the school's advisory council and program-specific boards.