Ranked #44 in U.S., Rowan innovation & entrepreneurship program expands to full school

Centered in Rowan University’s Rohrer College of Business (RCB) but impacting students throughout the institution, the entrepreneurship program is better than great. It’s among the best.

The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine named Rowan’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program 44th in the U.S. for 2023 and among the top seven in the Northeast.

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Entrepreneurship across the university
Rowan encourages students from all majors to study entrepreneurship as they work to develop an agile, engaging mindset—one that applies creative problem solving, assertiveness and strategy to whatever they do.

Building on more than 15 years of success, the University in 2023 expanded its teaching model from a center to a School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship within the RCB.

In the past six years, more than 6,000 Rowan students took an entrepreneurship course and roughly 350 high school students enrolled in the RCB’s popular “Think Like an Entrepreneur” summer program.

For 2022-23, there are more than 90 entrepreneurship-certified faculty across campus, and a popular, interdisciplinary entrepreneurship minor that has grown 433% over the last five years.

Varied degree and certificate options
In addition to the Bachelor of Science in entrepreneurship, Rowan offers two B.S. degrees in engineering entrepreneurship, one in mechanical engineering and one in electrical & computer engineering, an M.B.A. concentration in entrepreneurship, three graduate certificates and one undergraduate certificate in  entrepreneurial and independent media (through the Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts.)

Three to four additional undergraduate certificates, which will further expand Rowan’s focus on entrepreneurship across campus, are under development.

A second M.B.A. concentration and certificate focusing on cannabis commercialization launched in Fall 2022.

Startup funding
With financial backing in part from two private donors, the School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship created the Startup Opportunity Fund, a program that will benefit students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds with grants ranging from $500 to $2,500. This new fund, launched in partnership with the Rowan Innovation Venture Fund, will provide seed money to make students seeking to start their own business more competitive.