The Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma is a

business school A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...

in the United States. It was established in 1917 and currently has 5,500 students. The OU Price College of Business undergraduate program currently ranks No. 64 nationally and the top-ranked business school in Oklahoma by U.S. News And World Report.

Overview

The College of Business was founded in 1917 (under the name the School of Public and Private Business), making it one of the first business schools west of the Mississippi River. It had started as the School of Commerce and Industry in 1913 under the School of Arts & Sciences, before emerging as its present form four years later. Before World War II, the college of business administration experienced a period of tremendous growth. Between 1923 and 1929, the enrollment in the college increased over 700%. In September 1936, as a result of a legislative appropriation, a new building housing the College of Business was opened. This was named Adams Hall after Arthur Barto Adams, the dean at the time. When it first opened, it also housed other classes, including geography, sociology, and social service. The building was designed by Joe E. Smay, the director for the school of architectural engineering. In 1997, investor

Michael F. Price Michael F. Price (July 3, 1951 – March 14, 2022) was an American value investor and fund manager who ran the hedge fund MFP Investors LLC. Early life and education Price was born on July 3, 1951, to a American Jews, Jewish family in Glen Cove, ...

donated 18 million USD to the university. Subsequently, the College of Business was renamed after him, the first OU college named for an individual. In 2002, Price donated an additional 7.2 million USD, which was a large portion of the 19 million USD needed to erect an addition to the existing Adams Hall. The new building, which completed in late 2004, was named Price Hall
Corey Phelps
is the Fred E. Brown Chair and Dean of the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma.

Divisions

There are eight divisions in the College of Business along with 11 majors and an undecided option. The most popular majors are

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

(14%), marketing and

supply chain management In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods and services including all processes that transform raw materials into final products between businesses and locations. This can include the movement and stor ...

(13%), and

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

(13%). Other popular majors include management information systems,

international business International business refers to the trade of goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational scale. It involves cross-border transactions of goods and services between two or more ...

, entrepreneurship and venture management, general management, and energy management. The '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranks the MBA program at the Price College of Business 66th in the country. The College of Business is ranked 47th in the country. It also ranks the International Business program 13th and the Management Information Systems program 16th. In 1999, the Energy Management program changed its name from Petroleum Land Management. When this major was created, it was the first of its kind in the world.

Student organizations

Price College offers many student organizations for its various majors, including: * Beta Alpha Psi, honorary accounting fraternity * ConnXions * Delta Sigma Pi * Economics Club * Energy Management Student Association * ENT Club * Finance Student Association * International Business Association * JCPenney Leadership Program * MIS Student Association * Society for Human Resource Management * Student Business Association The MIS Student Association (MISSA) represents the MIS undergraduate student organization. They regularly throughout the semester provide "lunch and learns" for their members and other students. At these events, attendees can enjoy a presentation put on over various subjects by local and out of state businesses that regularly recruit and hire out of the MIS department. The MISSA faculty advisers are Professor Mano Ratwatte and Professor Nate Stout.MISSA Officers Webpage Feb 2010

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External links

Price College of BusinessUniversity of Oklahoma
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