Bloomberg Businessweek Ranks UVA Darden in Top 5, No. 1 Public Two Years Running
By Molly Mitchell
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is ranked the No. 5 Full-Time MBA program in the United States by the Bloomberg Businessweek 2024-25 Best Business Schools ranking. The School also achieved No. 1 among programs at public universities. This is the second year in a row that Darden achieved Top 5 overall and No. 1 among public business schools, adding to a year of all-time high rankings.
Darden ranked No. 3 in compensation, No. 6 in learning and No. 12 in entrepreneurship and rose above Harvard and Wharton to secure No. 5 overall in the ranking. The top schools in the ranking are (in the following order): Stanford, Chicago, Kellogg, Tuck, Darden, Harvard and Wharton.
The Bloomberg Businessweek ranking measures Full-Time MBA programs, using inputs from graduating students, recent alumni and employers who recruit MBAs to determine the results.
In addition to metrics, the ranking includes a section highlighting quotes from students and alumni on “what’s best” about the MBA program. Quotes about Darden included:
- “The community of talented and caring students and teachers. Plus a great location.”
- “The curriculum and case method aimed at developing general managers provided me with the skills needed to accelerate my career.”
- “The faculty are committed to students and the classroom experience.”
This ranking follows a suit in a series of high-achieving ranking results for the School, including 10 Top 10 results in the Princeton Review 2024 rankings, highest ever rankings in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings, and No. 1 public MBA program in the 2023-2024 Poets & Quants ranking.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Darden School of Business
University of Virginia
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