{"id":10219,"date":"2017-11-15T07:43:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T12:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=10219"},"modified":"2023-03-04T08:41:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T13:41:26","slug":"nc-state-ranks-top-20-best-colleges-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/nc-state-ranks-top-20-best-colleges-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"NC&#160;State Ranks Top 20 in Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NC&#160;State has been ranked by The Princeton Review and\u00a0<em>Entrepreneur <\/em>magazine as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/slideshow\/303790#19\">&#8220;Top 25 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs in 2018,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0coming in at no. 19 on the list.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking was based on a Princeton Review survey of\u00a0over 300 universities. More than 40 data points were analyzed, with topics including: the percentage of faculty, students, alumni actively and successfully involved in entrepreneurial endeavors, the number and reach of mentorship programs, scholarships and grants for entrepreneurial studies, and the level of support for school-sponsored business plan competitions.<\/p>\n<h2>NC&#160;State Highlights:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>59 percent of faculty have entrepreneurial experience<\/li>\n<li>66 startups launched by grads in the last 5 years<\/li>\n<li>$222,546,500 in funding raised by grads in the last 5 years<\/li>\n<li>28 entrepreneurship-related courses<\/li>\n<li>1,434 students currently enrolled in entrepreneurship classes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is NC&#160;State&#8217;s first year on the list.\u00a0The ranking will be featured in the December issue of\u00a0<em>Entrepreneur <\/em>magazine, available on Nov. 28.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post was <a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.ncsu.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/14\/nc-state-ranks-top-20-in-best-colleges-for-entrepreneurs\/\">originally published<\/a> in Entrepreneurship News.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":"NC State has been ranked by The Princeton Review and\u00a0<em>Entrepreneur <\/em>magazine as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/slideshow\/303790#19\">\"Top 25 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs in 2018,\"<\/a>\u00a0coming in at no. 19 on the list.\r\n\r\nThe ranking was based on a Princeton Review survey of\u00a0over 300 universities. 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