The need to expand academic offerings led the University of Utah to establish the School of Commerce and Finance in 1917.

Today, the David Eccles School of Business educates more than 4,500 students in six departments of study.

In 1927,[3] the name of the school was changed to "College of Business" and course divisions included Accounting, Distribution and Production, Finance, and Economics.

The School's first MBA degrees were awarded in 1957, and its departments were reorganized to Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing.

[5][6] David Eccles was a leading pioneer industrialist who, in the latter part of the 19th century, founded 48 businesses in various sectors throughout Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming.

The SFEBB, the school's flagship building, broke ground[8] in 2011[9][10] and had a complete project cost of $72 million.

[12] Its doors were opened to faculty and staff in November 2012[13][14] and to students attending class in January 2013.

[15] The Eccles School is home to a robust offering of programs at both the graduate and undergraduate level.

The Eccles School's nine undergraduate majors include: finance, accounting, information systems, marketing, management, entrepreneurship, business administration, operations & supply chain, and quantitative analysis of markets and organizations.

In 2019, the Eccles School added Lassonde+X, a 3-course undergraduate program for students to learn about the entrepreneurial mindset.