Smeal College of Business
Earned, Not Given
Real work and real stakes before you graduate, so employers hire you ready, trust you early, and Penn State alumni take your call for the rest of your career.
Where Business Education Meets Industry Practice
Academic Programs
From your first undergraduate major to a doctorate, Penn State Smeal has a program to get you where you're headed.
Faculty and Research
Connect with expert faculty, research centers, and industry partners shaping the future of modern business.
Student Success
Find the academic, career, and program resources you need throughout your time at Penn State Smeal.
Proof, at Every Level
Claims are easy. These are the numbers behind ours.
86%
students placed within six months of graduation
#6
U.S. Public Business School
CEOWORLD Magazine
800k+
Penn Staters worldwide, 98,000 of them with a Smeal degree
The Smeal Difference
Why Smeal?
Faculty bring live problems from the firms they advise. Students manage real portfolios and answer to paying clients while still enrolled. Integrity shapes how all of it gets taught, and 96% of recruiters say it factors into hiring. That holds from undergraduate majors to the executive D.B.A.
AI with Impact
Command the Tools, Keep the Judgment
Employers don't want graduates who fear AI. They want graduates who command it. AI literacy is built through the Smeal curriculum, paired with the critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and creative judgment no model can replicate.
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