The Earliest Collegiate Schools of Business in the United States

This paper discusses the earliest collegiate academic programs in the United States that offered courses on business. These academic programs differed (1) in size based on the disciplines and the number of courses offered and (2) in name. Regarding the latter, a few academic programs were departments, some were schools, and some were colleges. Several institutions of higher education offered various courses in business, but they did not necessarily establish a department, school, or college of business or commerce until many years later.