The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business is officially in for entrepreneurship. Poets & Quants’ recently named Darden No. 10 in their 2024 World’s Best MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship ranking, and The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine placed us at No. 8 in “The Top 50 Graduate Programs for Entrepreneurs in 2025.”

For people close to Darden, this recognition comes as no surprise. 25% of our faculty are instructors in entrepreneurship and innovation. 83 of our courses are related to entrepreneurship. Our graduates have started 274 companies over the past five years alone.

This strong performance is supported by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology, which has a substantial endowment dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship.

If you are hoping to apply to a top ten business school for entrepreneurship, you are in the right place! Sign up for a coffee chat with a member of the Darden Admissions Committee or start your application today.

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