Daniels College of Business
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The Daniels College of Business is one of twelve graduate programs at the University of Denver
. Founded in 1908, the Daniels College of Business is the eighth oldest business school in the United States. Daniels is a top-ranked American business school and currently enrolls approximately 3,380 students, divided between graduate and undergraduate programs.
Classes were first held in downtown Denver in the Haish Building and, after moving several times, the Daniels College of Business Building opened in 1999.
In 1989, Bill Daniels
, cable television pioneer and Denver entrepreneur, presented the University of Denver with a challenge grant to update the graduate business curriculum. The redesigned graduate program combined traditional disciplines such as finance, management and marketing with the development of ethics and value-based leadership.
University of Denver
The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
. Founded in 1908, the Daniels College of Business is the eighth oldest business school in the United States. Daniels is a top-ranked American business school and currently enrolls approximately 3,380 students, divided between graduate and undergraduate programs.
Rankings
- Among the approximately 550 business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of BusinessAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of BusinessThe Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...
(AACSB), Daniels is among the top 15 % of undergraduate programs and the top five percent of graduate programs. - Daniels was ranked #8 regionally and 53rd nationally in 2009 by Business Week for its part-time MBA programs the only business school in Colorado to make the list in 2009. Its undergraduate business program was ranked 74th in the county and #1 in Colorado.
- Daniels College of Business has been recognized by The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
in various general and specific factors.- Overall among North American regional schools – No. 20 (2007)
- Students with Strong Ethical Standards – No. 7 (2007)
- Academic Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility – No. 9 (2006)
- Financial services industry – No. 7 (2006), No. 6 (2005)
- Technology/telecommunications/internet industry – No. 7 (2005)
- Academic excellence in accounting – No. 9 (2006), No. 6 (2005)
- #83 among Best Undergraduate Business Programs by U.S. News and World Report
- In 2009, Daniels also ranked #3 in the world for small MBA programs, and #20 in the world for integrating social and environmental issues into its MBA program in Beyond Grey Pinstripes, an alternative ranking of business schools by The Aspen Institute.
- The Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
ranked Daniels #35 in the United States, #43 in the Americas, and #85 in the world among Executive MBA programs for 2009. Daniels is also the sole Colorado school named on the list.
History
Daniels is the eighth oldest collegiate business school in the country, and has been continuously accredited by AACSB International since 1923. It was established in 1908 as the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance at the University of Denver, the oldest private university in the Rocky Mountain Region, founded in 1864. Its name was changed to the College of Business Administration in 1946 and then again in 1994 to the Daniels College of Business.Classes were first held in downtown Denver in the Haish Building and, after moving several times, the Daniels College of Business Building opened in 1999.
In 1989, Bill Daniels
Bill Daniels
Robert W. "Bill" Daniels was a pioneer in the cable television industry, commonly known as the "Father of Cable Television". He was an owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and a founder of the United States Football League ....
, cable television pioneer and Denver entrepreneur, presented the University of Denver with a challenge grant to update the graduate business curriculum. The redesigned graduate program combined traditional disciplines such as finance, management and marketing with the development of ethics and value-based leadership.
Daniels building
Opened in 1999, the $22 million Daniels College of Business building bookends the University of Denver campus. The building houses breakout team study rooms and a commons area for informal student and faculty gatherings. It is also an “unwired” building, with wireless Internet and over 3,400 data and voice ports, an electronic business research center and a state-of-the-art IT laboratory.Academic programs
- B.S. Business Administration
- MBA, full and part time
- International MBA
- Executive MBA
- Professional MBA
- Master of AccountancyMaster of AccountancyMaster of Accountancy , alternatively Master of Professional Accountancy or Master of Science in Accountancy , is a graduate professional degree designed to prepare students for public accounting and to provide them with the 150 credit hours required by most states before taking the...
- Master of Taxation
- M.S. Business Intelligence
- M.S. Finance
- M.S. Marketing
- M.S. Real Estate and Construction ManagementGraduate real estate educationThe study of real estate and real estate development at the graduate school level has taken many forms, giving rise to various educational models in the United States and abroad...
- Executive and Professional certificates and programs
- Dual Masters Degrees
- Undergraduate and Graduate Dual Degrees
MBA concentrations
- Accountancy
- Customized
- Finance
- Information Technology
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Management
- Marketing
- Real Estate and Construction Management
- Values-Based Leadership
Undergraduate concentrations
- Business Information Technology
- Construction Management
- Economics
- Finance
- General Business
- Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Real Estate
- Real Estate & Construction Management
- Statistics
Notable alumni
- Pete V. Domenici - US Senator for New Mexico
- Byron DorganByron DorganByron Leslie Dorgan is a former United States Senator from North Dakota and is now a senior policy advisor for a Washington, DC law firm. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. In the Senate, he was Chairman of the Democratic...
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- Ted Kleisner - President/CEO, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
- Jim Lentz - President, Toyota USA
- Scott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell Rosenberg is a film, television producer, comic book publisher, and the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a large independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media...
- CEO/Chairman Platinum StudiosPlatinum StudiosPlatinum Studios, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in the United States. It controls a large independent library of comic book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media including print, film, online, mobile / wireless, gaming, and merchandising...
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- Marc Schulman - President & CEO, The Eli’s Cheesecake Company
- Robert Swieringa - Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean Emeritus and Professor of Accounting, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
- Carol Tome - CFO and Executive Vice President, Corporate Services, The Home DepotThe Home DepotThe Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States , Canada , Mexico and China, with a 12-store chain...
- Andrew (Andy) C. Taylor—Chairman and CEO, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Pam Turbeville - President & CEO Navistar Chicago