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Alvarez College of Business
Former names
College of Business (1969-2020)
TypePublic Business School
Established1969
Parent institution
University of Texas at San Antonio
DeanGerard (Gerry) Sanders
Academic staff
110 full-time faculty, 103 tenured and tenure-track
Students5,193
Undergraduates4,567
Postgraduates528
98
Location
San Antonio
,
Texas
,
U.S.
CampusUrban
Websitebusiness.utsa.edu

The Alvarez College of Business is the largest business school in the University of Texas System and one of the 30 largest in the United States.[1] The College of Business is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It is nationally ranked by the Princeton Review, BusinessWeek and HispanicBusiness. The College of Business hosts undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in many different fields of study.

In 2021 the College of Business was renamed to the Alvarez College of Business after Carlos and his Malu Alvarez gifted $20 million to the College of Business.[2]

Rankings & accolades

  • #1 Hispanic serving business school for undergraduates according to Bloomberg Businessweek
  • #1 cyber security program in the nation according to the Ponemon Institute
  • One of the Top 5 Texas business schools for undergraduates according to Bloomberg Businessweek
  • #10 graduate business school in the nation for Hispanics by Hispanic Business
  • Top 10 MBA program for minorities by the Princeton Review for the past 10 years
  • Received the Brillante Award for Educational Excellence from the National Society for Hispanic MBA's (2013)
  • 35th nationally for marketing faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
  • 64th nationally for accounting faculty research publications according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
  • 81st nationally for management science faculty research according to UT Dallas study (2015–2016)
  • 10th in the South for economics faculty research according to Applied Economics Letters

References

  1. ^ "About the College of Business". UTSA. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Alvarezes gift $20 million to advance College of Business research, programs". www.utsa.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
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