Program Recognition
The Lester Center is proud that Haas has been nationally and internationally recognized as one of the elite entrepreneurship programs.
- Haas was ranked #5 in LinkedIn's list of schools whose alumni founded the most companies with 10 or more employees.
- Haas was ranked #5 in entrepreneurship programs in the 2010 ranking by the Financial Times.
- In the 2006 rankings Haas was recognized in the top five of entrepreneurship programs in BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times.
The entrepreneurship program’s ranking has consistently been higher than the school’s overall ranking, thereby contributing to the perceived strength of the school.
In 2006 the Lester Center was awarded the NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award by the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (NCEC). This recognition by our peers as the leading program in the U.S. is especially gratifying.
National and International Recognition
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