See the 11 Best Entrepreneurship MBA Programs

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If you're having trouble dreaming up ideas for a new business, one option might be to head to business school for an MBA in entrepreneurship. Getting an MBA in entrepreneurship can help self-starting students turn ideas into reality as they develop skills and a business plan. Here are the 11 top-rated MBA programs for entrepreneurship in the 2022 Best Business Schools rankings.

10 (tie). Baylor University (Hankamer) (TX)

Location: Waco, Texas

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 60 (tie)

Key information: This business school hosts an annual business plan competition that allows student entrepreneurs from all over the U.S. to compete for prizes. The school offers a venture capital practicum for MBA students, who analyze the viability of potential investments and participate in monthly deal review sessions.

Learn more about the Hankamer School of Business.

10 (tie). Rice University (Jones) (TX)

Location: Houston

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 25

Key information: The B-school offers a wide array of classes on entrepreneurship that cover multiple topics, ranging from startup financing to enterprise acquisition. Baylor business students interested in the health sector can collaborate with and learn from physicians affiliated with the university's medical school, and they can also interact with the university's graduate bioengineering students.

Learn more about the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business.

9. University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)

Location: Austin, Texas

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 18 (tie)

Key information: UT--Austin is home to the Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center, an academic research and teaching center that focuses on educating and supporting student entrepreneurs. The center's namesake and benefactor was a co-founder of Southwest Airlines.

Learn more about the McCombs School of Business.

8. Indiana University (Kelley)

Location: Bloomington, Indiana

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 23 (tie)

Key information: MBA students at this business school have the option to pursue a major in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. The school has an Entrepreneurial Innovation Academy that provides experiential learning opportunities.

Learn more about the Kelley School of Business.

7. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 13 (tie)

Key information: The university is home to the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity, which provide students with networking opportunities and other forms of assistance. The university also supports a campuswide business plan competition known as the Michigan Business Challenge.

Learn more about the Ross School of Business.

6. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Location: Philadelphia

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 2

Key information: Successful applicants for monetary awards from the Penn Wharton Innovation Fund, which subsidizes the most compelling business projects proposed by student entrepreneurs, can win $250, $1,000 or $5,000. First-year MBA students who intend to work full time on a business project over the summer are among those who may apply for Wharton's $10,000 Summer Venture Award.

Learn more about the Wharton School.

5. Harvard University (MA)

Location: Boston

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 5 (tie)

Key information: Harvard's annual New Venture Competition allows students to compete for cash prizes up to $75,000 to support the growth of new businesses or social enterprises, which are initiatives designed to improve society.

Learn more about Harvard Business School.

4. University of California--Berkeley (Haas)

Location: Berkeley, California

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 7 (tie)

Key information: The Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program offers a variety of classes, events and programs, including hackathons, "pitch-a-thons," internships and networking functions. Berkeley MBA students can also capitalize on the school's mentoring options and its startup seed funding opportunities.

Learn more about the Haas School of Business.

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 5 (tie)

Key information: MBA students admitted to the Sloan School of Management can request entry into the school's Entrepreneurship & Innovation Track, a program with a limited number of spots that are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Students on this track take entrepreneurship-related courses and gain hands-on experience working on a startup venture.

Learn more about MIT Sloan.

2. Stanford University (CA)

Location: Stanford, California

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 1

Key information: Stanford offers a course called Startup Garage in which student teams are taught how to build a business and then apply their learning immediately. They identify an unmet need and create a viable business model and launch plan for an innovative product or service that meets the need.

Learn more about the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

1. Babson College (Olin) (MA)

Location: Babson Park, Massachusetts

Overall Best Business Schools rank: 63

Key information: Babson launched its new Global Entrepreneurial Leadership Forum @ Babson in March 2021. The forum was designed to facilitate conversations about challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurs all over the world. Students in the school's MBA concentration in entrepreneurship have access to classes ranging from franchising to the gig economy.

Learn more about the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business.

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Explore the highest-ranked entrepreneurship MBA programs.

1. Babson College (Olin)2. Stanford University
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
4. University of California--Berkeley (Haas)
5. Harvard University
6. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
7. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)
8. Indiana University (Kelley)
9. University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)
10 (tie). Baylor University (Hankamer)
10 (tie). Rice University (Jones)