Awards & Accolades

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Awards & Accolades

Rowan University’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program is award-winning. Recognized by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine as the #1 program in New Jersey for 2024 for 2024, it consistently ranks among the Top 50 nationally and Top 12 regionally, holding its position for 2022, 2023, and 2024. For 2024, that study boosted the University’s national ranking to #40 - a 10-place advancement in just three years.

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 for its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Rowan's entrepreneurship program has received global recognition, including the ICSB Entrepreneurship Center Global Impact Award in 2021. In 2019, the program garnered significant accolades, including a Global Award for Entrepreneurship Education Excellence from the International Council for Small Business, and recognition as a finalist for the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s National Model Entrepreneurship Program Award.