UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School

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UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Former name
UNC Department of Commerce (1919-1950), UNC Graduate School of Business Administration (1950-1991)
TypePublic business school
Established1919
Parent institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AccreditationAACSB
DeanDouglas A. Shackelford
Location
Chapel Hill
,
North Carolina
,
United States
Websitekenan-flagler.unc.edu

The UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is the business school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Founded in 1919, the school was renamed to its current name in 1991 in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Flagler.[1]

The school offers programs for granting a bachelor of science in business administration, a master of business administration, an executive MBA, a master of accounting, a doctor of philosophy, a business certificate, and executive education programs. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.[2]

History

The school was established in 1919 as the Department of Commerce of the College of Arts of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In 1991, Frank Kenan continued his family’s legacy of supporting UNC by giving $10 million toward a new Business School building. The university changed its business school's name to Kenan-Flagler Business School in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler.[1]

Rankings
Business Rankings
U.S. MBA
Bloomberg (2023)[3]29
U.S. News & World Report (2023)[4]19
Global MBA
Financial Times (2023)[5]38

MBA Full-time Program Rankings (additional to chart)

  • U.S. News & World Report
    • 7th in undergraduate business
    • 19th in full-time MBA programs
  • Beyond Grey Pinstripes (Aspen Institute)
    • 7th in the United States[6]
  • Princeton Review and Entrepreneur
    • 11th for graduate programs in entrepreneurship[7]

MBA for Executives Programs

MBA@UNC Online

MAC Program (Master of Accounting)

  • Public of Accounting Report: 7[12]

Executive Development (Non-Degree Programs)

People

Faculty

Alumni
See also: List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni

See also

References
  1. "Our History | UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School". www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. "DataDirect - General". datadirect.aacsb.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  3. "Best B-Schools". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  4. "2023 Best Business Schools Rankings". U.S. News & World Report.
  5. "Global MBA Ranking 2023". Financial Times.
  6. "Beyond Grey Pinstrips".
  7. "Princeton Review and Entrepreneur". 16 September 2014.
  8. "The Wall Street Journal". 29 September 2010.
  9. "Bloomberg BusinessWeek". Archived from the original on May 29, 2004.
  10. "Executive MBA Ranking 2016". The Financial Times Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  11. "U.S. News & World Report". 25 January 2015.
  12. "Public of Accounting Report".
  13. "Financial Times". The Financial Times Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
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