Warrington College of Business Administration

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name = Warrington College of Business Administration
established = 1926
type =
dean = Dr. John Kraft
city = Florida
country = USA
students = 6,339
campus =
website= [http://www.cba.ufl.edu/ Official website] The Warrington College of Business Administration (WCBA) is the business school at the University of Florida. About 6300 students are enrolled in classes, including undergraduates and graduate students, including Master of Business Administration and Ph.D.-seeking students.

Undergraduate programs include accounting, computer science, decision and information sciences, economics, finance, management, and marketing. Graduate programs issue several degrees, including different types of Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees: traditional, professional, executive, Internet (distance learning), and an MBA from the South Florida program at the Broward Community College Weston Center satellite campus in the Fort Lauderdale/Weston area

All programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

International programs are in France, England, Spain and (beginning in fall 2007) Rome are offered to undergraduate and graduate students. Students earn credits while studying abroad. The Master of Arts in international business is the international graduate program offered. Students in this program spend six weeks in a foreign country studying a specific industry, country, or global operation issue.

William R. Hough of St. Petersburg, Florida, founder of the investment firm bearing his name and an alumnus of the first MBA class of Warrington College in 1948, donated $30 million to Warrington College in 2007. This was is the largest private gift ever received by University of Florida to date. The funds establishes an endowment to support teaching, academic programs, and enhancements in the graduate school of business, and provides a lead gift to construct a new building to house the graduate business programs.The gift is also eligible for matching funds from the State of Florida Major Gifts Trust Fund and from the Alec P. Courtelis Facilities Enhancement Challenge Grant Program, potentially increasing the total value of the gift to $50 million. [ [http://news.ufl.edu/2007/01/19/hough-gift/ Hough's Gift] ]

Undergraduate rankings

* 27th overall by the "U.S. News & World Report", 2008 [cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/topprogs_brief.php |title=Best Undergraduate Business Programs|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|accessdate= 2008-02-24|date=2008]
** 18th for Finance [cite web|url= http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/bizspec02_brief.php |title=Undergraduate business specialties: Finance|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|accessdate= 2008-02-24|date=2008]
** 20th for Management [cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/bizspec06_brief.php|title=Undergraduate business specialties: Management|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|accessdate= 2008-02-24|date=2008]
** 8th for Marketing
** 8th for Real Estate
** 10th for Quantitative Analysis/Methods
** 15th for Production/Operations Management
** 15th for Accounting

MBA rankings

* 34th overall by the "U.S. News & World Report", 2008 [cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbarank_brief.php|title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008|publisher=U.S.News & World Report. L.P.|accessdate= 2008-02-27] [ [http://www.cba.ufl.edu/publications/docs/20080328_USN_MBA_WCBA_.pdf University of Florida press release: April 2, 2008-UF MBA Among Top 15 Publics in U.S. News Top 50 Rankings] ]
** 14th for Accounting
** 19th for Finance
** 14th for Marketing
* 39th (US), 79th (International) Economist Intelligence Unit, 2007 [cite web|url=http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=2002rankings&rank_category_id=20000002&region_id=280000428&x=33&y=10|title=2007 rankings| accessdate=2008-02-27|date=2007|publisher=The Economist Intelligence Unit]
* 34th (US), 64th (International) Financial Times, 2007 Ranking of rankings.cite web|url=http://media.ft.com/cms/4bdda8dc-afba-11db-94ab-0000779e2340.pdf |title=International business school rankings|accessdate= 2008-02-27|publisher=Financial Times]
* 1st for Distance Learning by the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2008 [ [http://mba.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=view_article&eiu_article_id=1782965163 Which MBA ] ]

Department, schools and programs

*Department of Economics
*Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
*Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
*Department of Management
*Department of Marketing
**David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research
**Behavioral Research Facility
*Fisher School of Accounting
*Florida MBA Programs
*Graduate Programs Office
*Undergraduate Programs in Business

ee also

*List of United States business school rankings
*List of business schools in the United States
*Bryan Hall at UF
*Library West

External links

* [http://www.cba.ufl.edu Official website]
* [http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20080329/NEWS/803290341/1002/NEWS "Gainesville Sun" Article about the College's Rankings]
* [http://businessmajors.about.com/od/schoolprofiles/p/WarringtonProfi.htm About.com profile of Warrington]
* [http://www.find-mba.com/university/247/university-of-florida-warrington-college-of-business Info about Warrington]
* [http://www.floridatomorrow.ufl.edu/Business/ Warrington's Capital Campaign info]
* [http://education-portal.com/articles/University_of_Florida_in_Gainesville,_FL.html "Gainesville Sun" info about the College]
* [http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/03/31/news/campus/080331_ranking.txt "Alligator" article about the rankings]

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