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.
What are the leading Business Publications Saying?
Kogod is nationally recognized for its world class programs, exemplary faculty, and successful graduates.
Tax Talent voted Kogod’s MS tax Program #9 in the nation
Poets & Quants ranked Kogod’s undergraduate business school #51
Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Kogod’s undergraduate business school #62
Accreditation
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
Where are our students today?
Top Employers:A Wider Circle, Deloitte, Freddie Mac, the Inter-American Development Bank, Northrup Grumman, and Wells Fargo
96 percentof undergraduate students reported a positive career outcome in 2015
88 percentof FTMBA graduates received a job offer within three months of graduation
Collaboration happens inside and outside the classroom.
American University's campus is a national arboretum! The 84-acre campus has a rich botanical history, and its many green spaces provide a place not only to gather, but to learn. Plaques denote the common and botanical names of each tree, as well as their place of origin.
American University's campus is a national arboretum! The 84-acre campus has a rich botanical history, and its many green spaces provide a place not only to gather, but to learn. Plaques denote the common and botanical names of each tree, as well as their place of origin.
Washington, DC’s First Business School
In 1979, owing to the generosity of alumnus Robert Kogod, BSBA ‘62, the school's name was changed to the Kogod College of Business
Founded in 1955 as the School of Business Administration
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.
Major Renovations
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.