Babson gets top marks for teaching entrepreneurship

US News & World Report has ranked Babson College in Wellesley the number one MBA program for entrepreneurship for the 16th year in a row. The magazine ranked the MBA program 49th overall, the fourth straight year it has reached the top 50.

‘‘These latest results reinforce our belief that we are producing the world’s best entrepreneurial leaders,’’ said President Leonard Schlesinger in a statement.

After a three year absence from its rankings of the top 25 part-time programs, Babson’s evening MBA program returned this year as number 24, the school said.

Harvard was ranked number one overall for its MBA program, followed by Stanford, Northwestern, University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Boston College’s MBA program was ranked 44th.