Mays Business School

Mays Business School
MottoWhere Business Meets Leadership
TypePublic
Established1968 (1968)
Parent institution
Texas A&M University
AffiliationsAACSB
The Washington Campus
DeanNate Sharp
Students7,404 (Fall 2024)[1]
Undergraduates5,712 (Fall 2024)
Postgraduates1,692 (Fall 2024)
Location
210 Olsen Blvd College Station, Texas 77843-4113
,
College Station
,
Texas
,
United States

30°36′38″N 96°21′03″W / 30.610637°N 96.350886°W / 30.610637; -96.350886
Colors   Maroon & White
Websitemays.tamu.edu

Mays Business School is the business school at Texas A&M University. The school educates more than 7,400 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students in accounting, finance, management, management information systems, marketing and supply chain management.

Mays Business School was one of the first five schools in the United States to offer a trading center, originally known as the Securities & Commodities Trading Center. Today, the Phillips 66 Trading Room provides students with hands-on training using the same tools and technologies employed by commodities, energy and currency traders.[2] Students also use the center to manage the Reveille Fund, a $3 million portfolio created using donated funds.[3] Additionally, the Mays houses the Center for Retailing Innovation, which was the first retailing center partnered with a business school.[4]

History

Aerial view of Mays Business School on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas.

Business education was first offered at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in conjunction with mechanical and agricultural programs. From 1876 through 1920 students at Texas A&M could select from a small number of business courses including single and double-entry bookkeeping and creamery management. In the 1920s the Department of Economics and the Agricultural Administration programs began offering further business courses, and by the end of the decade the college had established departments for accounting and statistics, farm and ranch management, marketing, and finance.[5]

Shortly after World War II, Thomas W. Leland became the first department head of the newly created Department of Business and Accounting, under the umbrella of the School of Arts and Sciences. After Leland's retirement in 1961, the School of Business Administration was formed. By 1965 the new head of the department, John E. Pearson, had spearheaded the formation of several departments within the School of Business, including accounting, business analysis and research, finance, marketing, and management. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program debuted in 1966, and two years later in 1968, the college was officially formed when Texas A&M received University status, and the School of Business became the College of Business Administration.[5] The college was accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1972, and began awarding Ph.D.s the same year. Over the next several decades the college continued to grow, establishing various centers, including the Center for International Business Studies[6] and the Center for Human Resources Management, and implementing new bachelor's degrees.[5]

In 1994 the West Campus Library, later renamed the Business Library & Collaboration Commons (BLCC), is built. The BLCC is home to one of eight Patent and Trademark Centers (PTRC) in the state of Texas.[7]

The College of Business moved into the newly built Wehner Building on the western edge of Texas A&M University's campus in 1995. The following year the College was endowed by Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel Communications, and in his honor was renamed Lowry Mays College & Graduate School of Business.[5] Six years later, the name was simplified to Mays Business School.[5] Expansion quickly continued, and in 2003 an additional wing was added to the Wehner Building, housing the new 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) Jerry and Kay Cox Graduate Business Center.

Exterior view of the Wayne Roberts ’85 Building at Mays Business School on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

In January 2025, the Wayne Roberts '85 Building was opened, an 82,500-square-foot building included a grand atrium, cafe, classrooms, and additional study areas.[8] Simultaneously, the ConocoPhillips Collaboration Plaza was built outside, bridging the Wehner and Roberts buildings.[9]

Business School Rankings

The school's graduate and undergraduate programs have been recognized in national and international rankings.[10]

Graduate program rankings

Program Ranking Scope Publisher Year
Online Master's in Business #1 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[11]
Online Master's in Business Programs for Veterans #1 U.S. News & World Report 2026[12]
Online Master's in Business Offering Leadership #1 U.S. News & World Report 2025[13]
Master's in Finance #2 U.S., Public Financial Times 2026[14]
Executive MBA #5 U.S., Public Financial Times 2025[15]
Executive MBA #7 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[16]
Online Master's in Business Analytics #9 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[17]
Graduate Analytics Program #9 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[18]
Graduate Accounting Program #12 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[19]
Full-Time MBA #13 Public Fortune 2026[20]
Graduate Production/Operations Management Program #14 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[21]
Full-Time MBA #15 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[22]
Full-Time MBA #15 Public Poets & Quants 2025[23]

Undergraduate program rankings

Program Ranking Scope Publisher Year
Undergraduate Management Program #6 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[24]
Undergraduate Accounting Program #7 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[25]
Undergraduate Marketing Program #10 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[26]
Undergraduate Production/Operations Management Program #13 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[27]
Undergraduate Finance Program #14 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[28]
Undergraduate Business Program #14 Public U.S. News & World Report 2026[29]
Undergraduate Business School #15 Public Poets & Quants 2025[30]

Academics

The business school is subdivided into five academic departments: accounting, finance, information & operations management, management, and marketing.

In 2017, the accounting department was renamed to the James Benjamin Department of Accounting in recognition of Benjamin's $4 million gift.[31] In 2022, the finance department was renamed the Adam C. Sinn '00 Department of Finance in recognition of a $20 million gift to support Mays finance students.[32]

Students study and collaborate in the atrium of the Wayne Roberts ’85 Building at Mays Business School on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

In addition to traditional graduation routes, Mays offers five-year programs. In the Professional Program in Accounting, students earn their BBA in accounting and a Master of Science in various disciplines concurrently.[33]

A collaborative classroom in the Wayne Roberts ’85 Building at Mays Business School.

Research Centers

  • Adam C. Sinn Center for Investment Management[34]
  • Phillips 66 Trading Room[35]
  • Center for Applied Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CAEI)[36]
  • Reynolds & Reynolds Sales Leadership Institute[37]
  • Reliant Student Experience Office[38]
  • Center for Retailing Innovation[39]
  • Center for International Business Studies (CIBS)[6]
  • Center for Executive Development[40]
  • Center for Human Resource Management[41]
  • Flippen Leadership Institute[42]

List of Deans

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

Student Organizations

  • Business Student Council (BSC)
    • Founded in 1968, BSC is responsible for some of the largest events and projects at Texas A&M, including the Business Career Fair, Maysfest, and Mays apparel sales.[47]
    • Functions as an umbrella organization between the Dean's office and the other student organizations at Mays Business School.
  • Aggie Investment Club (AIC)
    • Founded in 2000.[48][49][50][51]
    • Membership is open to undergraduate and graduate students of all majors.[52]
    • Functions include speaker series, Security Analysis Workshops (SAW), and travel series which has included meetings with Warren Buffett, George Mitchell, Sam Zell, and Lee Bass; among others.[53]
    • Run a student-managed $60,000 pod-based equity fund.
    • House Aggie Commodities, specializing in learning about commodity trading.[54]
  • Financial Management Association (FMA)
    • Founded in 1970.[55]
    • Offers introductory career advice for business majors at Texas A&M.

Undergraduate Programs

  • Aggies on Wall Street is an undergraduate finance program focused on investment banking and capital markets. [56]
  • Trading, Risk, and Investments Program (TRIP) is an undergraduate certificate program and graduate pathway focused on energy trading, investments, and risk management. [57]
  • Professional Program of Accounting (PPA) is a five-year integrated bachelor's and master's degree program in accounting and related business disciplines. [58]
  • The Reveille Fund is a student-managed investment fund through which students manage a portion of the investment portfolio of the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company (UTIMCO).[59]
  • The Tanner Fund is a student-managed investment fund through which students manage an equity investment portfolio.[60]
  • Titans of Investing is a discussion-based undergraduate course on investing, financial markets, and related economic issues.[61]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Zuehlke, Lara (August 2006). "Bridging the Gap: Trading center puts students in touch with the business world". Mays Business Online. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
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  9. ↑ "Mays Business School and ConocoPhillips Debut the ConocoPhillips Collaboration Plaza". Mays Business School Blog. January 15, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
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  12. ↑ "Best Online Master's in Business Programs for Veterans". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Online Master's in Business Programs Offering Leadership". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
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