UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School

UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School
Former name
UNC Department of Commerce (1919–1950)
UNC Graduate School of Business Administration (1950–1991)
TypePublic business school
Established1919
Parent institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AccreditationAACSB
DeanMary Margaret Frank
Location
Chapel Hill
,
North Carolina
,
United States
Websitekenan-flagler.unc.edu Edit this at Wikidata
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The UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School is the business school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Founded in 1919, the school was renamed to its current name in 1991 in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Flagler.[1]

The school offers programs for granting a bachelor of science in business administration, a master of business administration, an executive MBA, a master of accounting, a doctor of philosophy, a business certificate, and executive education programs. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.[2]

History

The school was established in 1919 as the Department of Commerce of the College of Arts of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In 1991, Frank Kenan continued his family’s legacy of supporting UNC by giving $10 million toward a new Business School building. The university changed its business school's name to Kenan–Flagler Business School in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler.[1]

On June 13, 2023, chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz appointed Mary Margaret Frank as the dean of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, effective August 15, 2023.[3][4]

Rankings

Business school rankings
U.S. MBA Rankings
Bloomberg (2025)[5]29
U.S. News & World Report (2025)[6]19
Global MBA Rankings
FT (2026)[7]38


MBA Full-time Program Rankings (additional to chart)

  • U.S. News & World Report - 2025
    • 6th (tie) in undergraduate business[8]
    • 28th in full-time MBA programs[9]
  • Poets&Quants - 2026
    • 21st in full-time MBA programs[10]
  • Beyond Grey Pinstripes (Aspen Institute) - 2012
    • 7th in the United States[11]
  • Princeton Review and Entrepreneur - 2015
    • 11th for graduate programs in entrepreneurship[12]

MBA for Executives Programs

MBA@UNC Online

MAC Program (Master of Accounting)

  • Public of Accounting Report: 7th in 2009[17]

Executive Development (Non-Degree Programs)

People

Faculty

Alumni

See also: List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni

See also

References

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  6. ^ "US News MBA Rankings". US News.
  7. ^ "FT Global MBA Rankings". FT.
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  16. ^ "U.S. News & World Report". 25 January 2015.
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  21. ^ Ethier, Marc (December 18, 2019). "UNC Becomes Latest MBA Program To Embrace STEM". Poets&Quants. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
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  25. ^ "asheville.com news: Erskine Bowles Elected President of the 16-Campus University of North Carolina". www.asheville.com. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
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  31. ^ Tucker, Hank. "Billionaire Julian Robertson Dies At 90 – Contrarian Investing Guided His Pioneering Hedge Fund". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  32. ^ "MAJOR GENERAL DAVID N. SENTY". Air Force. 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
  33. ^ "Dr. Robert E. Bridges Lifetime Achievement Award". WakeEd. Retrieved January 19, 2026.

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