Oakland University named to The Princeton Review list “Best Business Schools for 2025”

The Oakland University School of Business Administration is one of 213 institutions nationwide that the education services company has named to its Best On-Campus MBA Programs list which is part of The Princeton Review's Best Business Schools for 2025 report. 

“Being named one of the Best On-Campus MBA Programs is a significant achievement that speaks to the unwavering dedication of our students, faculty and staff,” said Dr. Chuck Pierce, Dean of the School of Business Administration. “Our students continue to impress us with their relentless drive to reach their goals and succeed in a highly competitive world. Thanks to our faculty and staff’s commitment to personal attention, experiential learning and deep alumni connections, our graduates are not only well-prepared, but empowered with meaningful career advantages.”

The Princeton Review editors weighed more than 60 data points in their selection of MBA programs for the 2025 best business schools lists. The selection of on-campus programs was derived from the company's surveys in 2025 of administrators at 244 schools offering on-campus MBAs as well as its surveys over the past three years of 22,800 students enrolled in the programs. 

The survey of administrators requested data on the program's academics, faculty, career services and other topics. The survey of students asked them to rate their program's academics, professors, technology, campus life and other topics, and to report on their career plans and satisfaction with the program.

In The Princeton Review's website profile of Oakland University’s School of Business Administration, the editors describe Oakland University's on-campus MBA as a “no-hassle approach to the curriculum” and “is case and action-based.” The profile also presents the editors' ratings (scores on a scale of 60 to 99) of the program on topics from Admissions Selectivity to Academic Experience and quotes from surveyed students. Among them say the “class schedule is manageable for those who need to work while going to school, and it’s fortunate that the school pays a decent amount of “attention towards making students excel in the job market"

"We highly recommend Oakland University’s School of Business Administration and all the schools that made our 2025 best business school lists,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's Editor-in-Chief. "They share four characteristics that informed our criteria for designating them as 'best': excellent academics, robust experiential learning components, outstanding career services, and positive feedback about them from their students we surveyed."

More information about this project including the methodology for the school selections, rankings and ratings is posted on The Princeton Review website. 

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