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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 1  %
Consulting: 31  %
Consumer Products: 11  %
Financial Services: 26  %
Manufacturing: 11  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Non-Profit: 1  %
Petroleum/Energy: 3  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5  %
Real Estate: 1  %
Technology: 5  %
Other: 3  %

Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 7  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1  %
North America: 90  %
Western Europe: 2  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 30  %
Mid-Atlantic: 32  %
South: 10  %
Southwest: 8  %
Midwest: 11  %
West: 9  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %