University of Virginia (Darden)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #13 Best Business Schools

Specialties Locked in Accounting Locked in Entrepreneurship Locked in Executive M.B.A. #8 in Management

Business School Overview

Students at the University of Virgina Darden Graduate School of Business Administration learn through the case method. First year students tackle cases in assigned Learning Teams, groups of about six students. The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration also offers Executive M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees, as well as Global M.B.A. for Executives and Executive Education programs.

The M.B.A. class has about 340 students, about a third of whom are female. Slightly less than 10 percent of Darden students have served in the military, and the school offers several military leadership electives. There are more than 40 student clubs, some career-focused and others social. Students can study abroad through Global Business Experiences, one- or -two-week long courses that examine business issues in places such as Cairo and Barcelona. Graduate students can live in university-owned housing or can find private housing throughout Charlottesville, Va. and beyond.

Notable alumni include John D. Shafer, Jr., the CEO of Dunkin’ Donuts; Ned Hooper, chief strategy officer and senior vice president of Cisco Systems Inc.; and Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	N/A
Application deadline (international students)	N/A
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)	N/A

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting not-for-profit management consulting production/operations management economics organizational behavior entrepreneurship portfolio management finance supply chain management/logistics general management quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research international business tax leadership technology marketing other

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	649
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $42,173 per year (in-state) Full-time: $46,500 per year (out-of-state)
Required fees	$3,000 per year

Salary

Average base salary	$100,839
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	69.0% - High

* Business School Overview details based on 2010 data