The Florida Atlantic University College of Business is an academic college

College

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 of Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...

 located in Boca Raton, Florida

Florida

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, USA. The college's business school is among the elite business schools worldwide that are Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...

 (AACSB) accredited. This accreditation is the highest worldwide standard of achievement for business schools.

Department

The College of Business is composed of the following programs:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance
  Finance
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• Health Administration
• Hospitality and Tourism Management
  Hospitality management studies
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• International Business and Trade, Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
  Marketing
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• Real Estate
  Real estate
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The College also offers the followings master's degree

Master's degree

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 programs:

• Accounting
• Business Administration
• Economics
  Economics
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• Finance
• Health Administration
  Health administration
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• International Business and Taxation

The College has a doctoral program in Business Administration cooperatively with Florida International University

Florida International University

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.

Barry Kaye

Barry Kaye supported a variety of initiatives at Florida Atlantic University. Over the years he has donated a total of $5 million, which is the third largest gift to the university. His contributions have gone toward naming the Carole and Barry Kaye ’05 Great Hall, establishing the Carole and Barry Endowment Fund, renovating the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium lobby, and supporting the College of Business. In 2005, Barry Kaye received an honorary doctorate from FAU. Barry Kaye's name was attached to the College of Business school in recognition of a $16 million pledge. In 2008 due to economic conditions, Kaye amended his pledge and requested that his name be removed from the College of Business school title.

Recognition

The College of Business's programs and schools have been ranked by a number of publications since the college's inception. The college's School of Accounting is ranked 6th in the nation based on the percentage of candidates passing all four parts of the Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant is the statutory title of qualified accountants in the United States who have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and have met additional state education and experience requirements for certification as a CPA...

 examination. The Virtual MBA program has been ranked among the nation’s top 25 online business programs by U.S. News and World Report every year since its inception in 2000. The college's Department of Finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

 was ranked 35th in the world based on a compilation of published research in 16 core financial journals and 2nd in the nation for published research in financial education. The Barry Kaye College of Business' Entrepreneurship Program was included in the top 50 in the country by Success Magazine and was ranked as the best Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

 based program by entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...

. The college's Department of Information Technology and Operations Management was also ranked in the nation’s top 50 programs by Decision Line.

External links

• Florida Atlantic University College of Business
• Florida Atlantic University Official Website