University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration
Encyclopedia
The College of Business Administration (CBA) is one of the 17 school
s of University of Pittsburgh
located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, United States
. It is home to the undergraduate business education at the university and administration of the college is overseen by the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.
, was formally set up on Pitt's Oakland
campus. The school was renamed the College of Business Administration in 1923.
. The business college is the second largest college at the University, behind the School of Arts and Sciences
, enrolling approximately 1,800 students.
America's Best Colleges. The college was also ranked as the 33rd best public undergraduate program by Business Week in 2010.
Majors offered through the College of Business Administrations
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
s of University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, United States
United States
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. It is home to the undergraduate business education at the university and administration of the college is overseen by the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.
History
The University of Pittsburgh introduced business education in 1907 as the Evening School of Economics, Accounts, and Finance with classes meeting in the Fulton Building on SIxth Street in Pittsburgh. Three years later the School of Economics, named for London's famed schoolLondon School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, was formally set up on Pitt's Oakland
Oakland (Pittsburgh)
Oakland is the academic, cultural, and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and is Pennsylvania's third largest "Downtown". Only Center City Philadelphia and Downtown Pittsburgh can claim more economic and social activity than Oakland...
campus. The school was renamed the College of Business Administration in 1923.
Location
The CBA is headquartered at the second floor of Sennott SquareSennott Square
Sennott Square is a major academic building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The building designed by the architectural firm JSA was dedicated on September 5, 2002, and was the largest Pitt academic building constructed since 1978...
. The business college is the second largest college at the University, behind the School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pittsburgh School of Arts and Sciences
The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is one of the 17 schools and colleges of University of Pittsburgh located in Pittsburgh, PA...
, enrolling approximately 1,800 students.
Rankings
The undergraduate College of Business Administration was ranked as the 24th best public undergraduate program, and 42nd best undergraduate program overall, in the 2009 edition of U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
America's Best Colleges. The college was also ranked as the 33rd best public undergraduate program by Business Week in 2010.
Majors
- Accounting
- FinanceFinance"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...
- General Management
- MarketingMarketingMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
- Global Management