The UNC KenanâÂÂFlagler 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.
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.
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 familyâÂÂs legacy of supporting UNC by giving $10 million toward a new Business School building. The university changed its business school's name to KenanâÂÂFlagler Business School in honor of Mary Lily Kenan and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler.
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.
Rankings
MBA Full-time Program Rankings (additional to chart)
- U.S. News & World Report - 2025
- 6th (tie) in undergraduate business
- 28th in full-time MBA programs
- Poets&Quants - 2026
- 21st in full-time MBA programs
- Beyond Grey Pinstripes (Aspen Institute) - 2012
- 7th in the United States
- Princeton Review and Entrepreneur - 2015
- 11th for graduate programs in entrepreneurship
MBA for Executives Programs
MBA@UNC Online
MAC Program (Master of Accounting)
- Public of Accounting Report: 7th in 2009
Executive Development (Non-Degree Programs)
People
Faculty
Alumni
- Lee Ainslie, MBA, Founder and CEO of Maverick Capital (a $10B long/short hedge fund)
- John A. Allison IV, Chairman and Former CEO of BB&T (BSBA at UNC KenanâÂÂFlagler) and current Director of Moelis & Company
- Erskine Bowles (BSBA '67), former president, University of North Carolina System; former White House Chief of Staff; former head of Small Business Administration; former United Nations deputy envoy for tsunami relief
- Michele Buck, MBA '87, CEO of The Hershey Company
- Hubert C. Hegtvedt, U.S. Air Force Major General
- Jason Kilar, Co-founder and former CEO, Hulu
- Hugh McColl Jr. (BSBA '57), Former Chairman and CEO, Bank of America Corporation
- Gary Parr (BSBA '79), Deputy Chairman, Lazard Frères & Co.
- Mercer Reynolds: Businessman, finance chair of George W. Bush's Presidential campaign.
- Julian Robertson (BSBA '55), Chairman, Tiger Management
- David N. Senty, U.S. Air Force Major General
- G. Smedes York, MBA 1968, 33rd Mayor of Raleigh 1979-1983, Chairman of York Properties, Inc.
See also
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