Carl H. Lindner College of Business

What Carl H. Lindner College of Business does

Carl H. Lindner College of Business is a public, AACSB-accredited business college within the University of Cincinnati, named after benefactor Carl H. Lindner Jr. and continuously accredited since 1919. It serves prospective undergraduate students, graduate degree candidates, doctoral researchers, and corporate employer partners through a portfolio that includes BBA and BS undergraduate majors, MBA programs in full-time, working-professional, and online modalities, specialized master's programs in Business Analytics, Information Systems, and AI Management, and a PhD in Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems. Its signature commercial offering is the University of Cincinnati cooperative education model, under which students complete multiple paid professional rotations with employer partners before graduation; nearly 600 companies participated and 1,200+ co-ops were completed during the 2024-25 academic year.

Revenue is generated through tuition and fees for degree programs, corporate tuition scholarship partnerships (such as the Fifth Third Bank 15% per-credit-hour employee discount), and non-degree Professional Programs covering custom corporate workshops and open enrollment courses in leadership, analytics, AI, sales, project management, operations, and finance. The college's technology stack for instruction includes SAP R3 for ERP, ARENA and Promodel for simulation, CPlex for optimization, and Microsoft Project, supplemented by dedicated research infrastructure in the Center for Business Analytics and AI and the Applied AI Lab. Ten named centers and institutes (including Insurance and Risk Management, Entrepreneurship, Professional Selling, the Goering Center, Johnson Investment Institute, Kautz-Uible Economics Institute, the Real Estate Center, and the Warren Bennis Leadership Institute) sit alongside the co-op program, ranking recognitions (Fortune No. 1 MBA in Ohio, Bloomberg Businessweek No. 4 nationally for MBA ROI, Predictive Analytics Today No. 1 MS Data Science for four consecutive years), and a stated 90% placement rate within three months of graduation.

Name

Carl H. Lindner College of Business

Legal name

Carl H. Lindner College of Business

Website

https://business.uc.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1906

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Carl H. Lindner College of Business is a public, AACSB-accredited business college within the University of Cincinnati offering undergraduate, MBA, specialized master's, and doctoral programs, anchored by a cooperative education model with nearly 600 employer partners and 90% placement within three months of graduation.

Ownership category

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Product category

Higher Education / Business School

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Undergraduate Business Schools (BBA/BSBA Programs) (EDAHAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive Education & Corporate Programs (Non-degree) (EDAHAHAN), Portfolio, Capstone & Project-Based Program Support (EDAMAKAD)

Keywords

• Business education
• Cooperative education
• MBA programs
• Business analytics
• Graduate business degrees

Headquarters

HQ city

Cincinnati

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Revenue from undergraduate and graduate tuition, fees, and associated educational services. Lindner is a public business college within University of Cincinnati.
2. Corporate Partnerships and Scholarships: Corporate tuition partnership programs where employers sponsor employee education, including scholarship discounts and workforce development initiatives.
3. Professional Programs: Executive education, custom workshops, and open enrollment programs for professional development covering leadership, data analytics, AI, sales, project management, operations, and finance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Carl H. Lindner College of Business is the business school of the University of Cincinnati offering undergraduate (BBA, BS), graduate (MBA, specialized MS), and doctoral (PhD) degree programs, plus graduate certificates, executive education, and custom corporate programs. It combines academic instruction with the University of Cincinnati's signature cooperative education model, in which students complete paid professional rotations with employer partners before graduation. The college also operates research centers such as the Center for Business Analytics and AI and provides career services that connect students to nearly 600 co-op employer partners.

Product overview

The Carl H. Lindner College of Business is a business school offering a comprehensive portfolio of academic programs and research centers. Its undergraduate offerings include BBA programs in Information Systems and Operations Management, plus BS degrees in Business Analytics and Industrial Management. Graduate education encompasses MS programs in Business Analytics, Information Systems, and the newly launched AI Management, alongside a top-ranked MBA available in multiple modalities (full-time, working professionals, online). Doctoral education includes a PhD in Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS). The college also operates specialized research centers including the Center for Business Analytics and AI, and selective honors programs. The institution emphasizes experiential learning through cooperative education (co-op) and maintains AACSB accreditation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BBA in Information Systems
• BBA in Operations Management
• BS in Business Analytics
• BS in Industrial Management
• MS in Business Analytics
• MS in Information Systems
• MS in AI Management
• MBA Program
• PhD in OBAIS
• Center for Business Analytics and AI
• Lindner Business Honors
• Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program
• Professional Programs (Executive and Custom Education)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 90% of students secure full-time employment within three months of graduation
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

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App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fifth Third BankcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFifth Third Bank corporate tuition partnership providing full-time employees a 15% tuition scholarship per credit hour when enrolling in approved Lindner graduate programs. Employees must be admitted to participating programs and validate current employment.
• HandshakecoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary recruiting platform for posting co-op and full-time positions, searching candidates, managing interview schedules, and registering for career fairs. Used as the gateway to hiring Lindner students.
• Nearly 600 Employer CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompanies where Lindner students completed co-ops during 2024-25 academic year, including small to mid-sized businesses, nonprofits, and large corporations in the Greater Cincinnati area and beyond.
• University of CincinnaticoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLindner College of Business is a college within the University of Cincinnati, sharing campus resources, admissions systems, and broader university partnerships.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mendoza College of Business (University of Notre Dame): Elite private business school with overlapping undergraduate and MBA programs; competes nationally for top undergraduate business talent and corporate recruiting relationships in the same Midwest footprint.
• Tepper School of Business (Carnegie Mellon University): Elite private business school within driving distance of Cincinnati with overlapping specialty master's and analytics programs; represents a stronger brand incumbent that competes for the same MS Business Analytics and IS applicants.
• Questrom School of Business (Boston University): Established private business school with comparable full-time, part-time, and online MBA modalities and specialty master's, serving a similar working-professional candidate pool but with stronger national brand recognition.
• Goizueta Business School (Emory University): Established private business school offering comparable full-time and executive MBA programs and specialty master's; competes for the same high-caliber applicants Lindner targets via its working-professional and online modalities.

Direct peers

• Krannert School of Management (Purdue University): Public Big Ten business school with overlapping undergraduate, MBA, and specialty master's programs, particularly strong in operations management and analytics — areas where Lindner's OBAIS department also competes.
• Kelley School of Business (Indiana University): Public research university's business school offering undergraduate, MBA, and specialty master's programs with strong online and experiential components. Highly comparable in scale, public-university setting, and full-time/online MBA modalities.
• Haslam College of Business (University of Tennessee): Public university business college with parallel program mix across undergraduate, MBA, and specialty master's, comparable rankings band, and similar co-op/ experiential-learning reputation.
• Broad College of Business (Michigan State University): Public Big Ten business college with comparable undergraduate and graduate program mix, AACSB accreditation, and similar employer-recruiting motion. Comparable scale and program breadth.
• Fisher College of Business (Ohio State University): Ohio-based public university business college offering BBA, MBA, and specialized master's programs with similar program portfolio and regional employer base. Most direct same-state competitor for Ohio-resident applicants.
• Weatherhead School of Management (Case Western Reserve University): Ohio-based business school with comparable graduate program offerings and similar employer-recruiting base within the state. Direct competitor for Ohio graduate applicants and corporate partnerships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LindnerCollege
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/university-of-cincinnati

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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