School Profile

School Overview

The Bryan School has over 3,900 undergraduate and graduate students and more than 100 full- and part-time faculty members housed in six departments and programs: Accounting & Finance; Consumer, Apparel & Retail Studies; Economics; Information Systems & Supply Chain Management; Management; and Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality & Tourism. Undergraduate degrees are offered in Accounting; Business Administration with two concentrations, including Human Resources; Consumer, Apparel & Retail Studies with three concentrations, including apparel design and retailing; both a BA and a BS in Economics; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Information Systems; International Business; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; and Sustainable Tourism & Hospitality. Graduate degrees include: MA and PhD in Applied Economics; MBA (full-time day and part-time evening); MS and PhD in Consumer, Apparel & Retail Studies; MS in Accounting; MS in Information Technology & Management (online and on campus); and PhD in Information Technology. A variety of graduate certificate programs are offered. Additionally the School offers an undergraduate Online Degree Completion program in two areas. The School is exploring a number of new undergraduate and graduate programs, including a PhD in Business.

Accredited in both business and accounting by AACSB, the Bryan School is the recipient of many rankings, honors and accolades. Some of these include:
#2 Most FT Female MBA Students (US News, 2015)
#13 Part-time MBA Program in the U.S. (Bloomberg Businessweek, 2013-2015)
#4 Public university Part-time MBA Program in the U.S. (Bloomberg Businessweek, 2013-2015)
#12 MS in IT Program (Online) in the U.S. (US News, 2015)
#20 Retail Studies Program in the U.S. (Fashion-Schools.org, 2016)
#26 Apparel Design Program in the U.S. (Fashion-Schools.org, 2016)
#6 Economics - Program Evaluation Program in the U.S. (RePEc, 2014)
#7 Economics - Innovation Program in the U.S. (RePEc, 2014)
#11 Business Administration Major (Online) in the U.S. (College Factual, 2016)
#13 Public university Apparel Design Program in the U.S. (Fashion-Schools.org, 2016)
#14 Public university Retailing Program in the U.S. (Fashion-Schools.org, 2016)
#15 Economics Major in the U.S. (College Factual, 2016)
#27 Entrepreneurship Major in the U.S. (College Factual, 2016)
#29 Information Systems Major in the U.S. (College Factual, 2016)
#35 Sustainable Tourism & Hospitality Major in the U.S. (College Factual, 2016)
#53 International Business Major in the U.S. (College Factual, 2016)

The faculty members are impressive in their research quality and productivity. For example, in 2015 the tenured and tenure track faculty members averaged 2.22 peer reviewed journal articles (over 40 percent of which appeared in widely acknowledged A+, A, and B journals), published eight books, and occupied 57 editorial positions with journals. Some of the awards they have won personally or on behalf of their programs include: GCEC Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching & Pedagogical Innovation Award 2016; 5.0 Discussion Leader Award, NCACPA, 2012-16; AIS SIGDSA Leadership Award 2015; Carnegie Diaspora Fellow, 2015; Fulbright Fellowship and Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe, 2014; 2012 USASBE Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program Award; GCEC Excellence Across the Curriculum Award, 2012; and SBI Best Creative Cross Disciplinary Entrepreneurship Program, 2011.

Students have traditionally performed well in national and regional competitions. Some of these include: SBI National Graduate Specialized project – 2016 3rd place; SBI National Graduate Feasibility/Business Plan, 2015 3rd place; SBI National Graduate Comprehensive Project, 2014 1st place, 2013 2nd place; SBI National Undergraduate Feasibility/Business Plan, 2014 2nd place; YMA Fashion Scholarship winners 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016; and two ITAA Paper of Distinction Awards 2015.

The School takes great pride in being one of the most diverse business schools in the UNC system and typically graduates more African American students than any other business school in the state. More information about the School may be found at the following URL: http://bryan.uncg.edu.