We believe in learning by doing. Kogod's programs are firmly grounded in experiential learning, giving you the real-world skills you need to develop or advance your business expertise.
Kogod offers a full-time master's in business administration (FTMBA) program, as well as seven specialized master of science (MS) degrees in accounting, analytics, finance, marketing, sustainability management, real estate, and taxation. Learn about all of our graduate degrees.
Kogod is nationally recognized for its world class programs, exemplary faculty, and successful graduates.
Don't just take our word for it, though.
MS Taxation ranked #10 by Tax Talent
International Business ranked #14 by US News & World Report
Online MBA ranked #26 by QS Worldwide
MS Analytics ranked #26 by QS Worldwide
MBA ranked #44 by Wall Street Journal & Times Higher Education
Online MS Analytics ranked #44 by QS Worldwide
MS Finance ranked #66 by QS Worldwide
MBA ranked #69 by Poets & Quants
MBA ranked #72 by Business Week
Undergraduate ranked #76 by Poets & Quants
MBA ranked #79 by US News & World Report
Undergrad ranked #87 by US News & World Report
MBA ranked #90 by Business Week Global
MBA ranked Tier 1 by CEO Magazine
American University's Kogod School of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). AACSB accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.
Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), Member school Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), Participant Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE), Member Stewardship Action Council (SAC), Founding Member
Top Employers: A Wider Circle, Deloitte, Freddie Mac, the Inter-American Development Bank, Northrup Grumman, and Wells Fargo
96 percent of undergraduate students reported a positive career outcome in 2015
88 percent of FTMBA graduates received a job offer within three months of graduation
Learn more about the Office of Career Engagement.
Kogod is the oldest business school in Washington, DC.
Our faculty provide experiential learning opportunities.
Our audience dogs are the perfect presentation practice companions.
Kogod offers hands-on experiences locally and throughout the world.
Students graduate and work with top employers.
Collaboration happens inside and outside the classroom.
When the business school was opened in 1955, it initially offered three degree programs: associate of business administration, bachelor of science in business administration, and master of business administration. Major fields of study within these degree programs were accounting, finance, marketing, production, real estate, and statistics, many of which are still offered at the Kogod School of Business. In 1979, Robert Kogod, a major real estate developer and president of the Charles E. Smith Companies, made a major donation to rename the school the Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod College of Business Administration.
In 1991, the Kogod College of Business Administration received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the highest standard of academic achievement for business schools worldwide. With this recognition, the school became the oldest accredited business school in our nation's capital.
In 1999, the school moved into its current location, formerly the John Sherman Meyer Building, vacated by the Washington College of Law. The building received a major renovation, and the school changed its name to the Kogod School of Business. In 2009, the school opened a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) expansion. This addition houses a Financial Services and Information Technology Lab, Behavioral Research Lab, a center for career development, seven additional classrooms, three breakout rooms and a student lounge.