About

Penn State undergraduate students are eager to start their own businesses, bring their great ideas to the marketplace, and transform businesses and industries as we know them. We are here to help them do it. The Center for Penn State Student Entrepreneurship provides a central home for programs that support entrepreneurial education in the classroom and beyond, both at the University Park campus and across the Commonwealth. To date, the center’s signature academic entrepreneurial programs include the well-established Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) Minor along with the Lion LaunchPad Microgrant Program. Our ultimate goal is to provide Penn State’s aspiring entrepreneurs with the academic foundation they need to achieve their goals.

Top-Ranked Programs

Penn State is currently ranked as the No. 23 school for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies in the United States, and No. 3 among schools in the Northeast, by The Princeton Review. In 2022, Penn State was ranked No. 21 on the national list.

The Princeton Review ratings are based on information provided directly by more than 300 schools on more than 40 unique entrepreneurship-focused data points, including:

  • course offerings
  • entrepreneurial course enrollment percentages
  • student and alumni ventures
  • business plan and pitch competition availability
  • and the availability of scholarships and financial aid.

The Top 25 ranking was based off a comprehensive set of data that was drawn from across Penn State’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, including the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Smeal College of Business, the Intercollege Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) Minor, the Center for Penn State Student Entrepreneurship, and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Commercialization in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research. The full methodology can be reviewed at princetonreview.com.

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