“The real value of a Vanderbilt management degree doesn’t just lie in the ability to land the right job after graduation. Rather, we are preparing you for a lifetime of career growth—the next right job, the one after that and the one after that.”
Eric Johnson, Dean
More than anything, it’s about our heart. It’s about the Owen community and the fact that once you join our family, it’s for life. For the life of your program and beyond, our focus is on you. Your aspirations. Your goals. Your career transformation. Your success.
Our SchoolAt Vanderbilt, leadership is not an add-on or afterthought; it is well integrated into the business school experience. The quality and depth of support that Vanderbilt Business students receive is typically reserved for high-level executives, and it reflects the latest thinking and best practices used by top organizations.
Leadership Development ProgramAll of our management education programs deliver a strong return on your investment. Whether you invest in a two-year MBA or a two-day certificate program, you will earn insight and skills (along with recognition and responsibility) that will last a lifetime.
See All ProgramsOriginally, Leah Robinson
wanted to get a law degree to pursue her dream of working on the business side
of the entertainment industry. After discovering the MAcc Valuation program,
she instead went “all in” at Vanderbilt, where she could earn an accounting and
finance credential, intern with a Big Four firm and land a job, all in one
year. No other program “scored on so many dimensions,” she says.
During the culmination of a decade-long career in the U.S.
Marines, Major Trevor Hunt oversaw intelligence collection and training in
Afghanistan that supported Special Forces and Navy SEAL units, among others.
Despite his experience and obvious skills, he knew he needed an “equalizer” to
transition to a civilian career. At Vanderbilt, he found it.
During two decades in
Washington, D.C., Steve Brophy worked for two senators, was chief of staff for
a congressman and served on a presidential commission. His experience made him
a great choice when Dollar General hired him in 2010 to direct the company’s
government affairs. But Steve realized that his knowledge of business needed to
catch up to his knowledge of government. For that, he came to Vanderbilt.
In any given year, the number of new students we enroll across all of our one- and two-year degree programs. (We're small. We like it that way.)
