Dean, College of Business

The College of Business at Colorado State University is an AACSB-accredited business school. Our College Strategic Plan 2030: Business for a Better World details our Mission to transform lives through business education, scholarly research, and community engagement to make our world a better place. The College Vision is to inspire and inform business practices that improve societal well-being and the health of our planet. Our Values include Access, Excellence, Impact, and Community. Specific Goals include Thought Leadership, Opportunity & Belonging, Transformative Learning, and Success & Affinity.

The College was recently selected as a winner of the Financial Times “Best Business School” award for success in systematically integrating responsible business management throughout its curricula, research, operations, and community engagement in responsible business education. The College’s MBA was ranked as the No. 4 “Better World MBA” globally by Corporate Knights. Other recognitions and successes that align with the College’s vision to inspire and inform business practices that improve societal well-being and the health of our planet are available in our 2024 Impact Report.

With very strong research productivity across its various disciplines, the College of Business is AACSB-accredited at the undergraduate and graduate levels and serves approximately 3,000 resident undergraduate business majors, 1,350 resident undergraduate business minors, and 200 resident graduate students enrolled in the Evening MBA, Impact MBA, Master of Accountancy, Master of Finance, and Master of Computer Information Systems. Additionally, the College remains a pioneer in online, distance-delivered education that serves approximately 800 distance graduate students enrolled in the Online MBA, Master of Computer Information Systems, and graduate certificate programs.

One of eight colleges at the University, the College of Business has approximately 70 tenured and tenure track faculty and 36 clinical appointment faculty in the Departments of Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Finance & Real Estate, Management, and Marketing. In addition to these academic departments, the College of Business is the home to the Center for Marketing and Social Impact, Everitt Real Estate Center, and Institute for Entrepreneurship (I4E).

Colorado State University is a Research 1 Carnegie Research Institution (R1 – very high research) with a land grant mission serving approximately 34,000 graduate and undergraduate (resident-instruction) students. CSU has been recognized as a premier research university, with world-class research in infectious disease, atmospheric science, clean energy technologies, and environmental science. CSU also offers among the very best professional programs in the country in business, veterinary medicine, occupational therapy, agriculture, and construction management. CSU’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) platinum rating reflects the University’s commitment to sustainability. In the most recent STARS evaluation, CSU was ranked #2 in the U.S., and #3 in the world.

CSU’s Strategic Roadmap 2035: A National Model for the Modern Land-Grant University highlights how our current University priorities align with the CSU System’s Strategic Priorities, the University’s current strategic plan (the Courageous Strategic Transformation), and the Academic Master Plan. The Roadmap operationalizes how we will strive to become a National Model for the Modern Land-Grant University.