Carroll School of Management Ranked 13th of 97 Business Schools

Responsible for overseeing finance and business operations as a partner at Granite Point Capital, Scott Bushley applies two decades of experience in the financial sector to his position at the Boston, Massachusetts-based hedge fund. Before launching his career as a financial services professional, Scott Bushley graduated from Boston College’s Carroll Graduate School of Management with a master of business administration.

A prominent New England business school, the Carroll School recently was ranked 13th out of 97 undergraduate business schools by Poets&Quants, an influential online publication founded by the former executive editor of BusinessWeek, John A. Byrne. The Poets&Quants rankings are based on admission standards, employment outcomes, and surveys of thousands of alumni who are two years past graduation.

In addition to the overall ranking, the Carroll School was rated highly on teacher quality. The school also was ranked sixth for alumni willing to recommend the program to a close friend or colleague. Another strong statistic from the Carroll School is the high alumni employment rate, with nearly 94 percent of graduates finding employment within 90 days of finishing the program. The school’s overall score in the Poets&Quants grading system was 91.28 out of 100.

Carroll School of Management Has a High Employment Rate for Graduates

Possessing more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector, Scott Bushley serves as a partner at Granite Point Capital, where he oversees finance and business operations. To prepare for his career in the investment sector, Scott Bushley earned a master of business administration from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

A prominent New England-area business school, the Carroll School of Management reported that 94 percent of 2018 graduates found employment within four months after graduation. Well-prepared to hit the ground running in their new positions, these graduates earned a comfortable median starting salary of $65,346.

Part of this high performance among graduates is credited to the dynamic learning environment at the Carroll School, and at Boston College overall. Students engage in healthy competition focused on helping them to excel and thrive. They also benefit from a range of experiential learning opportunities, and from participating in the 270 clubs and organizations on campus. The Carroll School is also known for its market-based curriculum that keeps up with the times, with classes focused on big data and analytics, entrepreneurship, and a variety of other advanced management disciplines.

Carroll School of Management among Top Business Programs

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An experienced investment management professional, Scott Bushley has served as a partner at Granite Point Capital in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2018. Scott Bushley holds a master of business in finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

The Carroll School of Management boasts one of the best undergraduate business programs in the United States, according to the business-education news outlet Poets & Quants. The publication ranked 88 schools that participated in the survey. This was the first time Carroll School was included among it.

The rankings are based on school-reported data and information gleaned from alumni through surveys developed with the assistance of administrators and deans. The Carroll School of Management had a score of 9.9 out of 10 in response to whether graduates would recommend the school to their friends. The college also placed second in its quality of teaching and earned high marks for its alumni network.

Community Support Opportunities for Carroll School Graduate Students

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Drawing upon more than 20 years of investment management experience, Scott Bushley serves as a partner responsible for finances and operations at the Boston, Massachusetts-based hedge fund Granite Point Capital. Earlier in his career, while working as an analyst at Atlantic Trust, Scott Bushley completed an MBA in finance at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

In line with Boston College’s Jesuit heritage, students at its Carroll School of Management are required to give back to the community through volunteering at nonprofits, mentoring young people, or by other means. During the 2017–2018 academic year, more than 900 graduate students contributed in excess of 6,300 hours of volunteer service. This was achieved, in part, through the school’s eight student-run clubs and organizations.

One of those clubs is Net Impact. Through this organization, students glean valuable insights as well as experience social entrepreneurship and corporate citizenship through job fairs and conferences. As part of the club’s community service efforts, students are paired with nonprofit organizations to conduct pro bono consulting work while gaining practical experience.

Another club is Invest ‘N Kids. This weekly tutoring program pairs Carroll students with young people from local middle schools.

Other groups include Graduate Women in Business and Stand Out at Carroll, the latter of which serves the school’s LGBTQ community.