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Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 77  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 5  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 17  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 72  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 5  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 21  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

IBM Global Business Services   9
Deloitte   8
Barclays Capital   7
Danaher   7
Bain & Company, Inc.   6
McKinsey & Co.   6
Accenture   5
Boston Consulting Group, Inc., The   5
Microsoft Corp.   5
Target Corporation   4
Booz & Co.   4
ZS Associates   4
Citi   4
Johnson & Johnson   4
JPMorgan   4

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
83  %

Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary: $  102,903
Median base salary: $  100,000
Mean signing bonus: $  25,048
Median signing bonus: $  20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  14,743
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  10,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 31  %
Finance/Accounting: 34  %
General Management: 18  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales: 14  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics: 0  %
Other: 3  %

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 93  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 7  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: Week on Wall Street, New York, New York
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: West Coast Job Treks (San Francisco, LA, Seattle)
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: National Black MBA Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: National Hispanic MBA Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Southeastern MBA Interview Fair, Atlanta
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: Full

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 77  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 23  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
9,273

Active MBA alumni clubs:
42

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
25

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
36  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  1,400

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  100

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

Business school endowment
$  276,000,000

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

University alumni networking site:
http://www.virginia.edu/alumni/

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

Business school alumni networking site:
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/landing.aspx?prog=alumni

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Developed a new learning management system and student portal based on SharePoint; new student and alumni directory/community system; implemented Adobe Connect for synchronous online classes and asynchronous tutorials; created numerous simulations, tutorials, multi-media cases and videos; migrated to a new admissions system, implemented the MS Office Communication Server for collaboration, upgraded classrooms and learning team rooms with new technology and upgraded the wireless service.

Amount spent:
$  11,000,000

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 70  %
Distance Learning: 4  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 4  %
Simulations: 6  %
Team Projects: 6  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 70  %
Distance Learning: 4  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 4  %
Simulations: 6  %
Team Projects: 6  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

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STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Business Ethics

Business Law

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

E-business

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

High Tech

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Manufacturing

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

New Media

Nonprofit

VC/ Private Equity

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

Other

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
100

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 50
Non-Tenured: 17

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 5
Non-Tenured: 28

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 5

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 2

International Faculty:

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 4

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 50
Non-Tenured: 16

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
29  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
38  %

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
58

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
43

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
110

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Entrepreneurs Taking Action
Global Leadership Transitions
Technology Accelerator

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2006

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MA (Arts)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

MBA/ME (Engineering)

MBA/MSN (Nursing)

MBA/PhD

Other

  Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
No

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Marketing

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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
No

If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?
We accept the GMAT, GRE, and for dual degree candidates, we will accept the standardized test score required by either program. We also review applicants’ undergraduate transcripts and work experience to assess quantitative abilities.

GMAT scores:

Mean : 701
Median: 700

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  660
        To:  740