About Us
About the Lucas College
Founded in 1928, the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business has been accredited since 1967 by AACSB International, the world’s preeminent accreditation body for business schools. We are the largest contributor of business graduates to Silicon Valley and a major contributor to what the Valley is today. Like the university in which it is housed, The Lucas College and Graduate School of Business reflects the vibrant, multi-cultural and global atmosphere of Silicon Valley. With more than 175 faculty and 6,000 students, our college offers students global opportunities, while holding strong ties to Silicon Valley companies.
Through our undergraduate schools and departments, we deliver thirteen business concentrations and our graduate school provides advanced degrees and certificates in business, accounting, finance, taxation and transportation management. Our Centers and Institutes offer unique opportunities for students to hone their knowledge and skills in tax, accounting, financial services, operations management, global leadership and entrepreneurship.
Vision: The Lucas College and Graduate School of Business inspires and empowers students to succeed as responsible innovators, leaders, and members of society who will drive positive and sustainable change in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Mission: We are the premier business school of opportunity in Silicon Valley dedicated to the inclusive, equitable, and transformative education of tomorrow’s workforce, which we achieve through innovative learning experiences, impactful research, and meaningful engagement with our local and global communities.
The Lucas Delta™
Every Spartan arrives with a dream. Our mission is to make sure that dream takes flight.
That flight has a name — The Lucas Delta™.
It is the measurable distance between where a student begins and everything they are capable of becoming. The shift from aspiration to achievement, from inspiration to impact, from potential to performance. And it does not happen by accident. It happens when the right education meets an aspiring student at the right moment — here, at the premier business school of opportunity in Silicon Valley.
Because Silicon Valley does not reward average. It rewards edge. And an edge is not something you are given — it is something you earn, through persistence, innovation, and resilience. At Lucas College, we make sure every Spartan earns it. We build it every day, in the heart of the world's most dynamic innovation ecosystem.
Our Spartans shape Silicon Valley's story. They leave here not just with knowledge, but with the courage to design inclusive innovations — as responsible innovators, leaders, and society members driving positive and sustainable change in Silicon Valley and far beyond. This is what inclusive, equitable, and transformative education looks like when it is done right. This is what opportunity, made real, produces.
From aspiration to achievement. From inspiration to impact. From potential to performance.
The Spartan Edge is what the world sees when a Spartan lands. The Lucas Delta™ is the flight that carried them.
Get the Spartan Edge.
Lucas College and Graduate School of Business Rankings
Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2026
Fortune’s Best MBA Programs for 2026
- SJSU’s MBA Program Climbs 16 Spots in Fortune’s Best MBA Programs of 2026
- Ranked #47 in the United States
- Ranked #5 among public universities
Poets&Quants’ Best Online MBA Programs For 2026
- Lucas College and Graduate School of Business Ranked in Top 40 Online MBA Programs,
No. 1 Among California Public Universities
- Ranked #40 in the United States
- Ranked #1 among public universities in California
Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2025
- Lucas College and Graduate School of Business Ranked #1 Among Public Undergraduate
Business Schools in California and Top 100 in the Nation
- Ranked #1 among public undergraduate business schools in California
Poets&Quants’ Best Online MBA Programs For 2025
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- Ranked #34 in the United States
- Ranked #2 among all public universities in California
The Princeton Review's Best Business Schools for 2025
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- Named one of the Best On-Campus MBA Programs
Fortune's Best MBA Programs – International Business for 2025
- Best International Business MBA
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- Ranked #11 in the United States
- Ranked #2 among all public universities in California
Fortune’s Best MBA Programs for 2025
- Lucas College and Graduate School of Business Named One of Fortune’s Top 50 Best MBA
Programs for 2025
- Ranked #47 in the United States
- Ranked #5 among public universities
Poets&Quants’ Best Online MBA Programs For 2024
- Lucas College and Graduate School Online MBA Program Ranks Top 50 Nationally, #2 Among
Public Universities in California
- Ranked #44 in the United States
- Ranked #2 among public universities in California
U.S. News & World Report's 2023-24 Best Undergraduate Business Programs in California
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- Ranked in the top 20 among undergraduate business programs in California
Wall Street Journal List for High-Paying Jobs in Accounting
- Wall Street Journal Ranks SJSU #1 Among Public Universities in the Country for Accounting
Salaries for Graduates
- Ranked #1 among public universities in the United States.
Wall Street Journal List for High-Paying Jobs in Marketing
- Wall Street Journal Ranks SJSU #2 Among Public Universities in the Country for Marketing
Salaries for Graduates
- Ranked #2 among public universities in the United States.
Wall Street Journal List for High-Paying Jobs in High-Paying Careers in Tech, Finance and Management Consulting
- The Top Colleges for High-Paying Careers in Finance, Tech and Consulting
- Ranked #7 for tech salaries
- Ranked #20 for management consulting salaries
