The Princeton Review chose the schools for its 2027 undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship rankings based on surveys of schools conducted from June through August 2026. Nearly 300 schools reported data about their entrepreneurship offerings. For information on our MBA ranking lists, check out our MBA rankings methodology.

The entrepreneurship survey methodology is based on the following fields:

Academics and Requirements

  • School offers a major, minor, certificate, concentration, or degree program in entrepreneurship? 

  • School offers an entrepreneurship center, accelerator, incubator, venture studio, innovation hub, or institute where students can engage in experiential learning, venture development, commercialization, or innovation activities?

  • School offers entrepreneurship courses?

  • Course options offered at school:

    • AI & Emerging Technology Entrepreneurship
    • Business Model Innovation / Lean Startup
    • Corporate Entrepreneurship / Intrapreneurship
    • Design Thinking / Human-Centered Design
    • Digital Entrepreneurship / Platform Ventures
    • Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA)
    • Entrepreneurial Finance / New Venture Finance
    • Entrepreneurial Law
    • Entrepreneurial Leadership
    • Entrepreneurial Management / New Venture Management
    • Entrepreneurial Marketing
    • Entrepreneurial Operations
    • Entrepreneurial Strategy
    • Entrepreneurship in Healthcare
    • Environment and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
    • Family Business
    • Feasibility Analysis
    • Franchising
    • Innovation Management
    • International Entrepreneurship
    • Introduction to Entrepreneurship
    • Introduction to New Business Ventures 
    • New Product Development
    • New Technology Ventures
    • Small Business Entrepreneurship
    • Social Entrepreneurship
    • Innovation & Technology Commercialization
    • Technology Feasibility
    • Venture Capital & Private Equity

  • Entrepreneurship offerings employ a team-driven approach in at least one entrepreneurship-focused course where the teams consist of students from across disciplines and programs? (e.g., Entrepreneurship students work with STEM students to develop ideas or products)

  • In total, how many entrepreneurship-related courses does school offer?

Students and Faculty

  • The total enrollment (full-time and part-time) in school’s entrepreneurship offerings for the 2025–2026 academic year?

  • What percentage of the total student body (full-time and part-time degree seeking) were enrolled in an entrepreneurship offering for 2025–2026 academic year?

  • How many undergraduate majors are represented by students in your undergraduate entrepreneurship offerings for the 2025–2026 academic year?

  • Total number of faculty (full, part-time, or adjunct) teaching at least one entrepreneurship course during the 2025–2026 academic year?

  • Number of departments represented by entrepreneurship faculty

  • What percentage of school’s total entrepreneurship faculty have started, acquired, operated, or held a senior leadership role in a business or entrepreneurial venture?

  • What percentage of entrepreneurship faculty serve on boards of directors or advisory boards to commercial and social ventures or to organizations that support commercial and social entrepreneurs?

  • For the 2025–2026 academic year, what percentage of formally enrolled entrepreneurship students have developed an actionable plan with assumption testing to launch a business while at school? Schools also report the number of students engaged with their entrepreneurship center who developed such a plan.

Alumni Entrepreneurship Ventures

  • Total number of companies started by graduates in the graduating classes 2021–2025 (past five years):

    • The total dollar amount of funding these businesses have raised
    • Of the companies started by school’s graduates in the graduating classes 2021–2025 what percentage are still in business?

  • Total number of companies started by graduates in the graduating classes 2016–2025 (past ten years):

    • The total dollar amount of funding these businesses have raised
    • Of the companies started by school’s graduates in the graduating classes 2016–2025 what percentage are still in business?

Outside the Classroom

  • During the 2025–2026 academic year, school offered at least one officially sponsored program where students are mentored (e.g., continual active contact working on a project in person or online or through a course) by individuals outside of the university

  • During the 2025–2026 academic year how many individual mentors worked with students through an officially sponsored school program?

Competitions Hosted by School/Program

  • Did school host any of the following programs in the 2025–2026 academic year?

    • Business Plan Competition
    • New Venture Competition
    • Hackathon
    • Shark Tank Inspired Competition
    • Start Up Weekend
    • Pitch Deck Competition
    • Business Model Canvas Competition
    • App or Game Development Competition

  • If school hosted any of these competitions, what were the total cash prizes awarded?

  • If school hosted any of these competitions, what were the total cash value of in-kind prizes awarded?

  • During the 2025–2026 academic year, what was the total dollar amount of prize money won by students enrolled in entrepreneurship offerings at their school in competitions?

  • During the 2025–2026 academic year, what was the total cash value of in-kind prizes won by students enrolled in entrepreneurship offerings at their school in competitions?

Scholarships & Aid

  • Does school offer at least one endowed scholarship specifically for the study of entrepreneurship?

  • Does school offer at least one scholarship from any source specifically for the study of entrepreneurship in 2025–2026?

  • If yes, what is the total dollar amount available?

  • The total number of individual scholarships/grants awarded.

  • The average dollar amount of individual awards.