Awards & Accolades
Awards & Accolades
Rowan University’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program is award-winning and continues to be recognized among the best. Ranked #39 in the nation and #7 in the Northeast for 2026 by Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine, the program has maintained its place among the Top 50 in the U.S. and Top 12 in the region for five consecutive years since 2022 (including 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025).
In 2024, Creatives 230 was recognized among AACSB's Innovations That Inspire, celebrated for its role in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration through entrepreneurship and creative arts. This marked the third AACSB Innovations That Inspire award for the School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, with Studio 231 being recognized in 2019 as a champion of change in the landscape of business education, and the Think Like an Entrepreneur Summer Academy for high school students in 2022.
Rowan's entrepreneurship program has received global recognition. In 2024, the Rowan Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RCIE) was named one of five finalist universities from North and South America for America's Most Impactful Initiative of the Year award by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities. In 2021, it received the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) Entrepreneurship Center Global Impact Award. The program also garnered significant accolades in 2019, including a Global Award for Entrepreneurship Education Excellence from ICSB and recognition as a finalist for the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s National Model Entrepreneurship Program Award.