FT Ranking: UVA Darden Grads See Largest Salary Gains in Finance
By Jay Hodgkins
Based on data from its FT 2017 Global MBA ranking, the Financial Times released a new ranking of the top MBAs for finance. University of Virginia Darden School of Business alumni ranked tops on the list for highest salary increase, with FT reporting that their annual income jumped 151 percent to $162,000 on average.
Assessing programs based on 13 criteria, including salary and salary increase of alumni, FT ranked Darden the No. 17 MBA program overall for a career in finance and No. 10 among U.S. schools. The data was based on a survey of alumni from the class of 2013. According to FT, 26 percent of Darden’s Class of 2013 alumni work in finance, slightly less than the 27 percent average among the 50 ranked schools.
Financial Times also ranks the Darden MBA No. 1 in the world for general management and No. 3 in the world for entrepreneurship.
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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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