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E<\/span>arlier this week, MBA-focused publication Poets & Quants shared an article highlighting the ten biggest surprises of the recent Financial Times<\/em> rankings. Darden was featured as “a school with momentum.”<\/p>\n

If you have to identify the one business school that made the most consequential rankings gains in the past decade, it would undeniably by the Yale School of Management. So what\u2019s the hot U.S. school right now? The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0ranking is just one of several that point to the University of Virginia\u2019s Darden School of Business.<\/p>\n

For years, the school has been known for having the best MBA teaching faculty in the world. Like Harvard Business School, it\u2019s largely a case study school with a far more intimate and collaborative student culture than HBS.\u00a0The Economist<\/em>\u00a0has rated Darden\u2019s MBA program the No. 1 education experience in the world for the eighth consecutive years until 2019 when it came in second. And the school has one of the most visionary leaders in Dean Scott Beardsley, a former senior partner of McKinsey & Co. He has been known to take a real interest in students, even calling up admits to close the deal.<\/p>\n

In this year\u2019s\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0ranking, Darden advanced another five places to rank 18th, its highest\u00a0FT<\/em>\u00a0rank, moving the school into the Top 20 in the world. No less important, however, this latest improvement comes on top of a nine-place gain the previous year. Just three years ago, Darden finished in 35th place in 2017. Darden\u2019s position\u2013which now puts the school 12th best in the U.S.\u2013was partly enhanced by the addition of last years\u2019 new\u00a0FT<\/em>\u00a0metric on corporate social responsibility in the ranking. Darden came out first last year and second in 2020 behind only IESE Business School for having a substantial amount of teaching on the subject in its core curriculum.<\/p>\n

But the school isn\u2019t only doing well on the\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0ranking. Just two months ago, Darden jumped four spots in the\u00a0Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>\u00a0ranking to claim fifth place, its best\u00a0Businessweek<\/em>\u00a0standing ever. And that increase came after the school soared eight places upward a year earlier in the same ranking.<\/p>\n

Darden is a school with momentum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n

Based on 20 dimensions from alumni surveys and school data, the Financial Times<\/em> is one of the most complex MBA rankings<\/a>. Financial Times<\/em> ranked Darden the No. 2 MBA program in the world for General Management<\/a> and No. 1 in the U.S. (and No. 2 globally) for Corporate Social Responsibility.<\/p>\n

Rankings overload? We get it! Check out our quick guide to the MBA rankings<\/a> for a digestible download on business school rankings.<\/p>\n

Check out faculty thought leadership published on\u00a0Ideas to Action<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>And stay connected with us via social media: Facebook<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0WeChat<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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