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BusinessWeek Ranks U.Va.’s McIntire No. 2 among Nation’s Best Undergraduate Business Programs
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In its second annual ranking of undergraduate business schools,
BusinessWeek magazine has once again placed the University of
Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce second among the nation's
best undergraduate business programs. (From
UVAToday)
Only the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School ranked ahead of
McIntire, but the BusinessWeek Web site announcement noted that, compared
with Wharton, “Virginia
rates higher on student satisfaction, sends a larger percentage on
to top MBA programs, and is roughly on par with Wharton on key
measures of academic quality. A dedicated faculty with a teaching
style that demands active participation and teamwork, plus
innovations such as a new multidisciplinary leadership program,
don't hurt either.”
In summary, the BusinessWeek article noted, “A tiny two-year
program at a public university, with in-state annual tuition of just
$7,845, Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce could not be more
different from Wharton, an elite four-year private-school program
with enrollment and tuition about four times as high.”
“On behalf of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni, we are very
pleased to be ranked once again by BusinessWeek among the
elite undergraduate programs in the nation,” said Carl Zeithaml,
McIntire’s Dean and the F.S. Cornell Professor in Free Enterprise.
“I firmly believe that we achieved our ranking because we are
committed to providing our students the best possible educational
experience. If we consistently do so, then the appropriate rankings
will follow.”
“The School tirelessly pursues excellence, innovation, and the
creation of new knowledge. Moreover, our faculty and staff provide
extraordinary support for our students in every way,” Zeithaml said.
“Of course, we also recognize that rankings can fluctuate from year
to year, and although we appreciate external recognition, our
fundamental goal remains the same: to provide our students with an
education that will prepare them for a lifetime of leadership,
integrity, and success.”
The rankings are based on measures of academic quality, student
engagement, and career placement, among other criteria. Central to
the rankings, about 23,000 students from 123 colleges answered a
50-question survey on everything from the quality of teaching to
recreational facilities, and BusinessWeek summarized their
feedback on McIntire: “McIntire's third-year Integrated Core
Experience, strong faculty, and type A students make U.Va. a
destination for top national recruiters.”
According to the BusinessWeek study, the typical new business
grad now earns $45,243, up 6.9 percent from a year ago, and the median
starting salary of a McIntire grad is $52,500.
At McIntire, there are currently 663 full-time students in the
two-year program, which accepts students beginning in their third
year of college.
Top 10 Undergraduate Business Schools
1. U. Penn. (Wharton)
2. U.Va. (McIntire)
3. UC-Berkeley (Haas)
4. Emory (Goizueta)
5. Michigan (Ross)
6. MIT (Sloan)
7. Notre Dame (Mendoza)
8. Brigham Young (Marriott)
9. NYU (Stern)
10. Cornell U.
BusinessWeek’s complete rankings of the Best Undergraduate
Business Schools are online at the
BusinessWeek Web site and appeared in the March 19, 2007,
issue of BusinessWeek, on newsstands March 9.
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