University of Virginia (Darden)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #12 Best Business Schools

Specialties Locked in Entrepreneurship Locked in Executive MBA Locked in Finance Locked in International #4 in Management Locked in Marketing

Business School Overview

The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at University of Virginia offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, consulting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, international business, leadership, marketing, not-for-profit management, production/operations management, organizational behavior, portfolio management, supply chain management/logistics, quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research, tax, and technology. Its tuition is full-time: $46,460 per year (in-state) and full-time: $50,778 per year (out-of-state). At graduation, 81.5 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

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, former chief strategy officer and senior vice president of Cisco Systems Inc.; and Mark Sanford, the former 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)	637
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $46,460 per year (in-state) Full-time: $50,778 per year (out-of-state)
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$3,122 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$109,335
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	81.5%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data