Sonoma State University School of Business and Economics

Overview

Sonoma State University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) is proud to equip students
with the skills employers are looking for in service of our indomitable North Bay and California
economies. We engage with industry to maintain a fresh curriculum, hands-on educational
experiences, and professional development opportunities that open pathways for our students
to thrive in exciting and meaningful careers. And, with their practical research, our faculty
members are working to transform North Bay organizations seeking to achieve business results
through data-driven best practices. The reputation of our programs is steadily growing in the
fields of Wine Business, Accounting and Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Management,
Economics, and Analytics. In addition to undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and
Economics, we offer an MBA in both part-time and executive formats, as well as the first wine
business undergraduate and graduate degrees in the United States. In fact, our Wine Business
Institute has emerged as a leading think tank where education, research, and practice intersect
for the wine industry. Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB), the SBE is in the top 10% of business schools worldwide to have achieved this
distinction. Our mission is to create extraordinary learning experiences for our students and to
advance best business practices in the North Bay and beyond. In the service of that mission, we
support business practices at the intersection of markets, communities, and the environment.