CLEMSON -- Clemson University is one of the Top 100 U.S. Colleges and Universities for Entrepreneurs, according to the May 2004 issue of Entrepreneur magazine.

The rankings are based on more than 70 separate criteria, including course offerings, teaching and research faculty, business-community outreach, research centers and institutes, degrees and certificates offered, and faculty and alumni evaluations. These results appear in Entrepreneur's May issue, now on newsstands.

"We are very glad our program continues to be recognized by Entrepreneur magazine," said Caron St. John, director of Clemson's Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

More than 825 entrepreneurship programs were researched for the study. Fifty regional institutions and 50 national institutions make up the list. Clemson appears in the list of top 50 regionally recognized academic programs in the country.

Entrepreneur's annual evaluation of the best entrepreneurship programs at U.S. colleges and universities is the most credible and comprehensive analysis of its kind. The study was conducted from September to December 2003 by TechKnowledge Point Corp., an online research and referral exchange for entrepreneurship and enterprise development.