Business, Management, and Leadership Degrees

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Step into a world where you can make enduring contributions to companies and organizations through a tech-forward business education, hands-on career experience, and powerful research. Through a blend of technology, the arts, design, and business acumen, you will become sought-after among top employers.

A Reputation of Excellence

RIT is a top 100 national university with multiple business and management degrees ranked among the top 20.

#77

Best Undergraduate Business Programs
U.S. News & World Report, 2025

#1

Top New York Schools for a Bachelor’s in MIS

College Factual, 2024

#2

Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York

College Factual, 2024

#7

Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York

College Factual, 2024

#9

Best Online MBA Programs

U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024

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Turn Knowledge Into Know-How

At RIT, studying business means you’ll gain hands-on experience through full-time, paid cooperative education (co-op) and internships with top companies. Our co-op program provides real-world career exposure, early and often. The results are the confidence and career readiness that can only be gained from experience, setting you apart in the job market.

#6

Top Schools for Co-op and Internship Programs

U.S. News & World Report, 2025

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Participation in Co-ops and Internships

All business majors require at least one co-op/internship experience.

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Business Research.

Investigate. Discover. Prove.

As early as day one, hands-on undergraduate research is a vital component of your education at Saunders. You’ll work alongside internationally recognized faculty researchers, who publish in the world’s most respected, peer-reviewed journals and academic publications, on a range of challenging research topics.

Explore our business research opportunities.

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Spaces that Inspire Innovation and Excellence

Experience the future of business with newly renovated and expanded state-of-the-art, industry-inspired labs and facilities.

Careers in Business

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Some Companies That Hire Our Graduates

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Fostering Connections.
Cultivating Community.

At Saunders, we believe that community is more than a group of individuals. It’s about diverse perspectives. The encouragement to push our limits. A window to collective wisdom. The experience of mutual support. All moving you forward to achieve your career goals.


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Gasser and McClure Lecture Series

A speaker series that brings in the world’s top business Leaders from Disney, the NFL, Reddit, ABC’s Shark Tank, Meta, Ben & Jerry’s, and more.


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The Leadership Academy

Offering programs focused on fostering innovative leadership development opportunities to bridge business and technology.


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Accounting Career Fair

An open event for students and alumni seeking accounting-related co-ops and full-time opportunities.

Empowering Women Leaders

Across industries, women are navigating monumental change to spark progression and opportunities for the generations of today and tomorrow. Saunders offers clubs and events that celebrate women through programming and groups that facilitate community.

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Women in Business
An organization dedicated to providing women with opportunities to advance their professional and personal development. Through networking, educational events, and community service, Women in Business strengthens skills in leadership, business, and relationship building.

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The cover of Good Girls Don't Make History.

Women’s Leadership Weekend
This event, which includes the Power Your Potential Women’s Conference and the Women’s Leadership Summit, gathers a com¬munity of innovative and inspiring women who lead boldly, challenge norms, and change organizations.

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Women’s Events from the Leadership Academy at Saunders
This academy hosts the Women Leading Business Conference and the Step Forward Women’s Coaching and Leadership Development Retreat.

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Promoting Women in Business Leadership
RIT was the first university in the U.S. to name a woman as the dean of a business college. Three women have led Saunders College, including the current dean.

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