Albers School Of Business And Economics At Seattle University

Albers School of Business and Economics has a reputation as one of the premier business schools in the Northwest. Both our undergraduate and graduate programs are consistently ranked among the best in the country. The 2016 U.S. News & World Report ranking of undergraduate business programs puts Albers in the top 40 private business schools in the U.S. Among specialty programs, our undergraduate finance program was ranked #11 in the nation, which is tops in the Northwest and second on the West Coast, and our accounting program was tied for #13 (2nd in the Northwest and 3rd on the West Coast). Albers’s part-time MBA program has been recognized as #61 in the nation, according to the latest issue of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools 2016,"​ which is 2nd in Washington and the Northwest. Our Executive MBA program has also been highly ranked in U.S. News & World Report, placing in the top 25 six out of the last seven years. The first business degrees were granted by Seattle College in 1937 and in 1947 the School of Commerce and Finance was established. The undergraduate degree program was accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1965. The MBA program began in 1967 and, one year later, the name of the school was changed to the School of Business. In 1976, the school was renamed the Albers School of Business, to honor Eva Albers, a generous donor to Seattle University, and her husband George, a local business pioneer. The naming was in recognition of their support for the university and their work in the community. In 1980, the MBA program was accredited by AACSB. The expansion to the Eastside campus in Bellevue was begun in 1989. In 1990, the school's name was changed to the Albers School of Business and Economics.