It Pays to Attend Number One

A piece in the online newspaper for Medford, Oregon, Medfordnews.com got me to thinking. Seems that Oregon State University has the number one college forestry program in America and it goes on to explain what makes the College of Forestry at OSU the best. I thought surely there would be scholarships for the best forestry program in the United States and sure enough, I was right. You can read about OSU’s scholarships for the College of Forestry here.

Who’s Number One in Your Field?

Now about the thinking part: I figured I would find the best college programs for other subjects and see what kind of scholarships I would find. It was so easy. I just picked one of my favorite areas of study, entrepreneurship programs, and performed a search to see what I would find.

Look to a Reliable Source

The Princeton Review, in conjunction with entrepreneur.com surveyed more than 700 undergraduate and business schools about their entrepreneurship programs for their 4th annual top 10 list of top entrepreneurial colleges. Actually, that’s 2 lists: One is a top ten list of schools offering undergraduate programs and the other is a top ten list of schools offering graduate programs.

The number one undergraduate entrepreneurial college program is offered by the University of Arizona. So off I go to U of A’s Eller College of Management where I find the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship. Ahah! Not only are several scholarships offered but the narrative on the website states that the number of these scholarships has nearly tripled in the last several years. See the list here.

So is that all there is to it? Yep. Look for number one in whatever field you’re interested in and the scholarships will follow. It makes sense. Donors like to contribute to a successful program and once these successful programs get even more publicity they attract more donors.

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