College of Business - Recognitions & Awards

JMU’s College of Business (CoB) is among the fewer than 5 percent of business programs accredited by AACSB-International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), and one of 186 programs to receive accreditation in both business and accounting. 

JMU won more titles than any other school in the world in the popular annual student Google Online Marketing Challenge. So when Google stopped administering its marketing challenge, an international group of academics founded the Global Online Marketing Academic Challenge (GOMAC). In its first year, two JMU teams made it to the finals of the competition.

According to college factual, the College of Business ranks in the top 10% of business schools in Virginia for overall value.

No. 1 Pass Rate on CPA Exam– “First Time Testing Events Advanced Degree with 20 or more candidates”, NASBA 2017

Ranked 30 out of 797 “Institution Pass Rate: First-Time All Programs”, NASBA 2017

JMU’s Information Security MBA program combines the knowledge and skills of a cutting-edge MBA curriculum with coursework and experiences focused on management challenges in this specific field. Online MBA Today vetted 350 programs based on estimated tuition costs and lengths of programs, accreditation, pay scale salary reports, and how programs performed within national and globally-trusted ranking entities.

JMU’s InfoSec MBA program is ranked No. 34 by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online MBA Programs, 2019, and ranked No. 1 in Virginia.

JMU’s Information Security MBA ranked No. 15 in Princeton Review’s “Top 25 Online MBA Programs, 2019”