The University of Akron College of Business is a dual accredited AACSB business school of the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. The college has a total enrollment of nearly 1,700 undergraduate students and 217 graduate students. All of the college's programs are accredited by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The building that currently houses the college, which opened in 1991, is a four-story, structure with 19 classrooms. There are several institutes and research centers in the college, including the Fisher Institute for Professional Selling, the Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Institute for Global Business, the Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing, the Center for Information Technology and e-Business, the Center for Organizational Development, the Center for Research and Training in Information Security and Assurance and the Suarez Applied Marketing Research Laboratories. History The undergraduate division of the College of Business was founded in 1953, originally with 14 full-time and 19 part-time faculty to instruct 107 students. In 1966, the college received full accreditation by AACSB International. Its graduate program was introduced in 1958, and it received AACSB International accreditation in 1976. Undergraduate programs For undergraduates, the College of Business offers two degree programs – the Bachelor of Science in accounting (BSA) and the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). Students pursuing the BBA may select from among eleven different majors. The college also offers a variety of undergraduate minors and certificates. Undergraduate enrollment in the college is nearly 1,700. Graduate programs The graduate program admits students seeking the Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Management, Master of Science in Accountancy, and Master of Taxation degrees. The enrollment is 450 students. The Fall 2011 entering class had a mean GMAT score of 592, and an average undergraduate GPA of 3.4. The average entering student is 29 years old with 4 years of work experience. In the MBA program, students can specialize in direct integrated marketing, e-business, entrepreneurship, finance, health-care management, international business, international finance, management, management of technology and innovation, strategic marketing, and supply-chain management. The Master of Science in Management program offers a concentration in information systems management. Rankings In 2011, the college was ranked by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, for the third year in a row as one of the best undergraduate schools in the nation. In 2010, the college made a big leap from 93rd to 76th. In addition, the college was