Fast Facts
The fast facts below provide a snapshot of the students, faculty, degree programs, alumni and more at the Daniels College of Business. We encourage you to follow the links for a more complete picture.
General
- Founded: 1908
- Location: University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado
- Dean: Christine M. Riordan, PhD
- Accreditation: Continuously accredited by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) since 1923.
- History: Founded in 1908-the eighth-oldest accredited business school in the nation.
- Ranked among the best business schools in the world by Bloomberg Businessweek, the Financial Times, Beyond Grey Pinstripes, U.S.News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal.
Student Enrollment (Fall 2011)
- Undergraduate Students: 1,220
- Graduate Students: 1,017
- Combined Undergraduate/Graduate: 56
- More information on students
Graduate Programs
The Daniels MBA
- Full-time MBA
- Professional MBA (Part-time)
- Executive MBA
- International MBA (Full- or Part-time)
- One-year MBA
Master's Degrees (Full- or Part-time)
- Master of Accountancy
- Master of Science in Business Intelligence
- Master of Science in Finance
- Master of Science in Real Estate and Construction Management
- Master of Science in Management
- Master of Science in Marketing
- Executive Master of Science in Real Estate and Construction Management
- More information on graduate programs
Customized Joint/Dual Degree Programs Available
Undergraduate Programs
Apply to Daniels: Students who wish to pursue a business major at the Daniels College of Business must first apply to and be accepted by the University of Denver. Then, in the fall of their sophomore year, students apply to Daniels through a secondary admissions process.
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
- Majors:
- Accounting
- Business Information Technology
- Economics
- Finance
- General Business
- Hospitality Management
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Real Estate and Construction Management
- Statistics
- More information on undergraduate program
Certificate Programs
- Real Estate and Construction Management
- Graduate Business Certificates (Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Management and Leadership, Marketing)
- More information on graduate business certificate programs
Faculty & Staff
- Faculty: 100
- Staff: 85
- More information on faculty
Alumni
- Total: More than 30,000 living alumni worldwide
- Notable alumni:
|
Name |
Company |
Degree |
|
Richard Cook |
President |
BSBA Accounting 1950 |
|
Peter Coors |
Chairman of the Board Molson Coors Brewing Company |
MBA 1970 |
|
Byron Dorgan |
U.S. Senator for North Dakota |
MBA Finance 1966 |
|
Michael Enzi |
U.S. Senator for Wyoming |
MSBA Accounting 1968, MBA Marketing 1968 |
|
Jeffery Hopmayer |
Owner |
BSBA Hotel & Restaurant Management 1986 |
|
James Cox Kennedy |
Chairman |
BSBA Management 1970 |
|
Theodore Kleisner |
President and CEO Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company |
BSBA Hotel & Restaurant Management 1967 |
|
James Lentz |
President |
MBA 1978, BSBA Marketing 1977 |
|
Thomas Marsico |
President |
MBA 1979 |
|
John Miller |
President and CEO |
BSBA Finance 1975, MBA General 1976 |
|
Jon Niermann |
President and Managing Director |
BSBA Finance-Marketing 1988 |
|
Scott Rosenberg |
CEO and Chairman; Founder |
BSBA Management 1985 |
|
Joseph Saunders |
Chairman and CEO |
BSBA Management 1967, MBA Management 1968 |
|
Marc Schulman |
President and CEO |
BSBA Finance 1976 |
|
Emily Scott |
Co-founder |
BSBA Finance-Marketing 1982 |
|
Robert Swieringa |
Dean Emeritus |
MBA Accounting 1965 |
|
Andrew Taylor |
Chairman and CEO Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
BSBA Marketing 1970 |
|
Carol Tome |
Executive Vice President Corporate Services and CFO The Home Depot |
MBA General 1981, MBA Finance 1981 |
|
Pamela Turbeville |
Former President and CEO |
MBA 1983 |
|
Marshall Tycher |
Managing Partner Roseland Property |
BSBA Hotel & Restaurant Management 1976 |
|
Theodore Weisberg |
Founder |
BSBA Finance 1962 |
Firsts
- First school of real estate and construction management (1938).
- First business school to incorporate ethics into graduate curriculum (1989).
- One of the first three hospitality management schools in the country (1947).
