The 2014 edition of the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings places Olin among the top undergraduate business schools in the U.S. with significant gains in all categories.

Best Undergraduate Business Programs  #13

Entrepreneurship #15

Finance  #15

Management  #21

Marketing  #16

Washington University ranked #14 out of the 270 National Universities in the country that U.S. News ranked. National Universities are defined as schools that strongly emphasize research and provide a full range of undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. programs.

Significant changes were made to the ranking methodology this year, but there was little movement among the highest-ranked schools. However, after a two-year tie with Harvard University, Princeton University is now the sole No. 1 National University in the country.

With nine highly ranked schools, California has the most top schools in one state and is the only West Coast state that is home to top 50 National Universities. On the East Coast, Massachusetts and New York trail close behind with seven and six universities, respectively. Twenty-eight states do not have a school in the top 50.

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Photo: BSBA Olin Business Council celebrated the undergrad program’s Bloomberg Businessweek #4 ranking in March.