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Gabelli School of Business Ranked Nationally by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report for Undergraduate Program in Entrepreneurship

Undergraduate | Jan 30, 2025 |

Prestigious Acknowledgements Reinforce School’s Commitment to Entrepreneurship as a Core Value of Business Innovation

Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business was recently selected by The Princeton Review as a Top 50 Undergraduate School for Entrepreneurship Program of 2025. The School ranked #38 nationwide and #5 in the Northeast. These rankings were published in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine. The School also was ranked #21 nationally by U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2025. Both rankings were based upon peer assessments across hundreds of colleges and universities.

The Gabelli School has raised its profile and broadened its appeal by supporting entrepreneurship in and outside of the classroom. Driving the value proposition of entrepreneurship as part of a comprehensive undergraduate education are: innovative curriculum development in the space; a collaborative partnership with Fordham Foundry, the University’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, which is led by Al Bartosic, its executive director; and amplification of the entrepreneurial achievements of alumni. By weaving entrepreneurship as well as Jesuit values and ethics into the student experience, it is embraced as a mindset rather than simply a field of business.

Students can take entrepreneurship as a primary or secondary concentration, depending upon the campus at which they are based. The concentration was developed to deliver a forward-thinking, skills-based curriculum driven by experiential learning that shapes the way students approach business. Regardless of what career they plan to pursue, students learn how to vet opportunities, pitch ideas, become innovators, and confidently take action to change the world for the better. The “Exploring Entrepreneurship” course has grown in popularity over recent years and attracts large numbers of students across the disciplines who want to hone their entrepreneurial skills.

Complementing classroom learning, students also have opportunities to access support and advice as they develop their own ideas for businesses through the Fordham Foundry, which helps them to research, develop, launch, and grow their ventures in a collaborative working environment. “The Foundry also provides students with invaluable access to a network of alumni and industry partners, and connects them to the New York City start-up ecosystem,” noted Bartosic, who is a serial entrepreneur himself and holds a degree in accounting from Fordham. Students also can take advantage of the myriad services offered—from the mentorship program to bi-annual business plan pitch competitions, and funding for student and alumni ventures.

Dennis Hanno, Ph.D., clinical associate professor in the Leading People and Organizations area at the Gabelli School, who has been instrumental in growing the entrepreneurship program, emphasized the importance of integrating entrepreneurship into the student learning experience across the Gabelli School. “These classes and programs help us to equip students in identifying new opportunities and making successful predictions, while instilling in them a drive to take critical action and value freedom, independence, and creativity no matter what career path they pursue after graduation.”

Sabrina Khanali, a junior pursuing a B.S. in Business Administration is a great illustration of the support and resources that are available to student entrepreneurs at the Gabelli School. She is taking entrepreneurship as one of three concentrations she is pursuing, has embraced the opportunities to hone her skills as an entrepreneur, and has developed an idea for a start-up called SafeNite, a product dedicated to enhancing nighttime driving safety through an innovative light-up lug caps, making vehicles more visible at night. She also attended the summer program at the Fordham Foundry and continues to receive advice and support for her business idea as she moves towards bringing it to market. Khanali was a semi-finalist in a recent Foundry pitch competition, which featured her start-up idea, and has thrived in the entrepreneurship class taught by Professor Hanno. “My business idea is the focus of one of the team projects we are working on in class,” she noted. “I had been working on my business on my own, so it has been great to engage with other people— an approach that aligns more with the way a business runs.”

In a world where increasingly large numbers of individuals are turning to entrepreneurship and moving away from traditional employment, the Gabelli School of Business is providing critical resources and academic programming to support the future leaders of business in their endeavors to innovate and bring new ideas to market.

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