The survey also includes off-campus learning opportunities such as partnerships, clubs and competitions.
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1. Babson College
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Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Babson Park, Mass.
2011-12 Enrollment: 2,007
Babson College's undergraduate entrepreneurship program may be one of the most expensive on our list but the scholarship and grant money awarded to students is plentiful. In the 2011-12 school year, a whopping $27 million was made available to undergraduate entrepreneurship students.
Plus, there are 90 entrepreneurship clubs and organizations available for students to practice outside the classroom. Still, only 6 percent of recent students launched businesses upon graduating -- the lowest percentage on our top 10 list.
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2. Baylor University
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Baylor Entrepreneurship Program
Waco, Texas
2011-12 Enrollment: 300
With the second oldest undergraduate program among schools on our top 10 list, a tradition of entrepreneurship would seem thoroughly engrained on Baylor University's campus. The school's Baylor Entrepreneurship Program boasts a faculty that's comprised entirely of entrepreneurs. Further, roughly two thirds of recent students started up since graduating and 75 percent those Baylor alums are still in business.
Related: Does College Matter for Entrepreneurs?
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3. University of Houston
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Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship
Houston,Texas
2011-12 Enrollment: 1,847
With the second-largest program on our top 10 list, the University of Houston's Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship offers one of the more modest tuition price tags. One hundred percent of the school's entrepreneurship faculty has started, bought or run a business, and there are nine mentorship programs available to undergrads.
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4. University of Southern California
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Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Los Angeles
2011-12 Enrollment: 1,170
The University of Southern California may have the oldest undergrad entrepreneurship program on our top 10 list, but it's also one of the most expensive -- with an annual price tag of $42,818 this year. Still, for winning business ideas, there's opportunity to reel in top dollar prizes. In the 2011-12 school year, $157,000 was divvied out to competition winners. Further, half of all recent graduates started up businesses and 100 percent of them are still up and running.
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5. Washington University in St. Louis
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Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
St. Louis
2011-12 Enrollment: 1,041
Though the scholarship and grant money afforded Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies students is light years away from those offered by competitors on our top 10 list, $500,000 is generous. Plus, 55 percent of recent students were able to launch just after graduation.
But with an annual tuition of $43,705 this year, Washington University in St. Louis' undergraduate entrepreneurship program did clock in at the most expensive school on our list.
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6. Brigham Young University
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Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
Provo, Utah
2011-12 Enrollment: 88
Brigham Young University's Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology may be exclusive -- there were just 88 students enrolled in the program in the 2011-12 school year -- but with an annual price tag of $4,710, it's a steal.
In addition, the school boasts a total of 13 entrepreneurship clubs and organizations and 20 mentorship programs -- putting the school at or near the top of the heap in both categories.
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7. University of Arizona
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McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship
Tucson, Ariz.
2011-12 Enrollment: 1,500
The University of Arizona's most recent undergraduate entrepreneurship class is one of the largest on our top 10 list. And though just 36 percent of McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship's undergraduate entrepreneurship faculty has ever started, purchased or run a successful business, 100 percent of the recent alums who started up after graduation are still in business.
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8. Temple University
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute
Philadelphia
2011-12 Enrollment: 405
With an undergraduate class of 405 entrepreneurship students in the 2011-12 school year, Temple University's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute maintains just two entrepreneurship clubs and organizations.
But the school does offer a sizeable set of prizes. For the students participating in contests this year, their winnings rang in at $149,300.
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9. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Chapel Hill, N.C.
2011-12 Enrollment: 375
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers one of the least expensive undergraduate entrepreneurship programs on our top 10 list, as tuition this year set in-state students back about $7,694. But, the school only has just three mentorship programs available to students. And only 8 percent of recent grads launched companies. On the bright side, 100 percent of those companies are still in business.
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10. University of Oklahoma
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Center for Entrepreneurship
Norman, Okla.
2011-12 Enrollment: 238
The University of Oklahoma's Center for Entrepreneurship offers students the second most-generous level of scholarships and grant money among colleges on our top 10 list. This year the tally came in at nearly $1.4 million. And though the program is also among the least costly on our list, just 7 percent of recent students launched businesses upon graduating -- making it the second-least impressive in that regard on our top 10 list.
