The Princeton Review Announces "Syracuse Among the Top 10 Most Entrepreneurial Undergraduate Schools in the Country"

New York, NY (Friday, Oct. 22, 2004) - While there are more than 2,000 colleges in the United States, few are concentrating on raising the next generation of successful entrepreneurs. This year, working exclusively with Forbes.com, The Princeton Review established criteria and identified the Top 25 Most Entrepreneurial Colleges.

At the top of the list is University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where students can major in entrepreneurship for their undergraduate business degree. The University of Notre Dame ranked in 2nd place, while Louisiana State University came in third.

For the full list and more, visit:
www.forbes.com/entrepreneur.

These schools show a commitment to creating programs to encourage young entrepreneurs on campus, as well as looking at how their alumni have fared in the real world. To identify the schools, The Princeton Review surveyed the colleges ranked in The Best 357 Colleges based on the type of on-campus
entrepreneurial activities available, including: mentoring, experiential learning, and campus clubs - as well as the number of successful alumni entrepreneurs and industry/school partnerships.

Syracuse University, ranked 7th on the list, graduated Marvin Lend (Lenders Bagels); Lowell Bud Paxon (Pax TV) and Dick Clark (Dick Clark Enterprises), for example. Other schools had everything from "Entrepreneurs in Residence" positions on the faculty, to campus clubs for young entrepreneurs, to on-campus incubators for commercial ideas.

"There are so many terrific colleges and universities that fall short when it comes to preparing their undergraduates for success in the real world, that we were motivated to look at the characteristics of schools that celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit," said Robert Franek, Editorial Director, The Princeton Review. "The schools on this list all provide access to the critical training and experiences they'll need to become tomorrow's business leaders. It makes great sense for us to partner with Forbes.com on this project as they are the gatekeepers of the ultimate entrepreneurial list."

"We are pleased to partner with The Princeton Review in creating a new way to evaluate undergraduate institutions, based on a criteria we believe is vitally important and often overlooked," said Michael Noer, Executive Editor, News, at Forbes.com. "This Top 25 Entrepreneurial Schools list is the perfect compliment to our other rankings. As these young entrepreneurs head out into the world, we fully expect our Forbes 400 list to morph."

For more details log onto Forbes.com at www.forbes.com/entrepreneur; then visit www.princetonreview.com where you can view a more complete profile on each school.