The Martha Love School of Business has risen to 38th in the country for undergraduate business rankings from Poets&Quants, an online platform that ranks undergraduate and graduate business schools. This is a two spot improvement from 2024.
The 2025 rankings had the highest number of participating schools with 104 business schools completing the survey. Poets&Quants ranked undergraduate schools based on three categories: career outcomes, admission standards and academic experience. Each category is weighed equally with a final score of 33.3%. For the categories, the business school has also improved to 24th for career outcomes and improved 10 spots in admissions standards to 54th. The school has maintained its position as 17th in the country for career outcomes.
This year Poets&Quants altered what data it collected for the admissions standards category. The data collected for admissions standards includes the acceptance rate of the incoming class, the percentage of incoming students who are international or an underrepresented minority, first-generation students, average SAT and ACT scores, and number of students who were in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. The two new pieces of data collected are average GPA of incoming students and six year graduation rate.
For career outcomes, Poets&Quants collects data on employment rate, internship rate and average starting salary in a student's first year after graduation. The data collected for the academic experience is collected from survey information that alumni fill out.
Junior finance student Noah Flint said the high ranking makes him proud to be an Elon business student.
“I came here to major in business and knowing that we’re that high nationally ranked makes me very excited to see what opportunities lie for me in the future,” Flint said.
Flint highlighted the extracurricular opportunities for business students such as the business fraternities and events — such as business analytics day — as major contributors to student success. For Flint, these extracurriculars offer students the opportunity to network with alumni and other professionals.
Junior marketing and project management student Gemma Hutton had a similar reaction to Flint about the rankings. For her, the business professors have made a positive impact during her academic career.
“My professors are always letting us know of different opportunities like career fairs and when people are coming for internships,” Hutton said. “All of them are always willing to talk to you one on one about opportunities if you need an internship or a job. It’s really helped me find opportunities for summer jobs.”