Saunders College of Business


Saunders College of Business is one of nine colleges at Rochester Institute of Technology and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. As of fall semester 2018, Saunders College of Business encompasses nearly 11% of RIT's enrollment, home to more than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in programs across RIT Global Campuses in Rochester, New York, Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo, and China.
Saunders College works in partnership with RIT’s entrepreneurial Venture Creations incubator and Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship to integrate business education with RIT’s technical and creative programs. Saunders College offers undergraduate, Masters, Masters of Business Administration, and Executive MBA programs.

History

The college dates back to 1910 with the establishment of the food administration and home economics departments at RIT. In 1952, RIT acquired the McKechnie-Lunger School of Commerce in Rochester, which was renamed after E. Philip Saunders in 2006. The college's dean is Jacqueline R. Mozrall. Hospitality and Tourism and Service Leadership programs were transitioned into the college from the College of Engineering Technology on July 1, 2019

Undergraduate programs

* Business minors only

Graduate programs

Masters in Business Administration
Executive Education
Master of Science
Advanced Certificates

Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship was established in 2007. It was named for Albert J. Simone, 8th president of RIT, in recognition of his contribution to academics and strong support of local business.

Center for Urban Entrepreneurship

The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is located in the downtown business district at 40 Franklin Street.

Technology Management Center

The Technology Management Center focuses on three primary areas: information technology management, new product development, and science and technology policy. The center does basic and applied research and develops new teaching material in the area of Technology Innovation.

Institute for Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

The Institute for Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility supports research and teaching at Saunders and focuses on the interdependent relationship between business and society.

Rankings

Undergraduate programs

#6 in the 2020 rankings of Management Information Systems degree programs.
U.S. News & World Report #66 in the 2020 rankings of top undergraduate business programs.
' #63''' in the 2018 Best Undergraduate Business Programs

Graduate programs

Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings', #54 in the 2019 THE/WSJ Business School Report: Two-Year MBA Degrees.
U.S. News & World Report #93 in the 2019 best graduate school rankings.
Poets & Quants #84' in the 2018 U.S. MBA program rankings.
Bloomberg Businessweek'' #88 on list of best U.S. business schools with full-time MBA programs.

Online graduate programs

Princeton Review #8 in 2019 top 25 online MBA programs
U.S. News & World Report #10 in 2020 online MBA rankings

Notable alumni