The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has been included among the 2025 10 Undergraduate Business Schools To Watch by Poets&Quants.
Lerner recently jumped up 13 places this year to No. 52 in Poets&Quants’ annual ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Programs in the U.S., and also moved up five spots to No. 41 in the 2025 ranking of the Best Online MBA Programs in the U.S.
This year, it launched a new strategic plan focused on delivering a distinctive Lerner education, advancing pioneering scholarship, and leading in AI transformation, innovation, and purpose-driven leadership. This spring, UD alumni Robert L. Siegfried, Jr. and Kathleen Marie (Horgan) Siegfried bestowed a transformative gift of $71.5 million. Not only is the gift the largest in UD’s 282-year history, it stands among the largest philanthropic gifts to any business school.
Much of the money will go into the building of Siegfried Hall, a state-of-the-art facility with modern classrooms, research and teaching labs, a student-run café, and an auditorium. It will house a Student Success and Excellence Center as well as immersive, experiential learning spaces equipped with instructional computing labs, public computing areas, and generative AI technology.
Read the full story, including Q&As with Lerner College Dean Oliver Yao and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Julia Bayuk, here.