The Clark Atlanta University – School of Business was recently ranked among the top historically black college and universities (HBCUs), coming in as the 18th best in the country.
The school advanced a spot this year over its 19th place in last year’s ranking. Improvements such as the university’s graduation rates, first-year retention rate and student/faculty ratio are behind this year’s boost.
“We are very pleased to see Clark Atlanta University continue to be ranked among the top 20 HBCUs in the nation,” CAU President Ronald A. Johnson said in a statement. “It confirms that the hard work of the entire CAU community is paying off.”
CAU students are excited by the university’s improved position, as it marks a consistent movement toward excellence. Such movement is clear among CAU faculty, student and staff, who continue to work to advance the university’s position as a top research institution.
CAU is a relatively new school, established in 1988 after its parent institutions—Atlanta University, the nation’s first graduate school for black students, and Clark College, the nation’s first four-year liberal arts college for black students—were consolidated. CAU is currently a member of the Atlanta University Center, the largest consortium of black American private institutions of higher education in the country.
The business school at Clark Atlanta has produced countless black MBA graduates over the past 70 years. The school earned accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business in 1974. The Clark Atlanta MBA is designed to meet the needs of each student, while also being tailored to the changing job requirements for new MBAs entering the workforce.