They are built around a strong foundation of general management skills and career concentrations and specializations are carefully crafted with input from business professionals, so that the education is market-driven. The emphasis on immersion experiences and practical, hands-on education allow you to apply what you’re learning to real companies.

You’ll learn from world-renowned faculty who are leaders in their fields. They do more than impart knowledge. They’re incredibly accessible and serve as mentors as well as teachers. Long after graduation, Owen alums often call on professors for ideas and advice. Compared to many schools, the Vanderbilt MBA program is small by design. That means smaller class sizes (9:1 ratio of students to faculty), more opportunities for interaction and more individual attention.

You’ll find especially strong support for entrepreneurship here. Owen offers a total of $185,000 in funding each year to highly motivated students to help them start businesses while in the program. But that’s just the start, you’ll have access to the priceless connections and mentoring from professors and successful alums, not to mention the incredible resources of the Entrepreneur Center.

You’ll enjoy a highly diverse community, with students from all regions of the United States and 35 different countries. Three-fourths of the MBA students here come from outside the Southeast. You can broaden your experiences, your network and your world of possibilities.

You’ll earn your degree in Nashville, a vibrant city that (much like Owen) is small enough to be accessible and friendly, yet diverse and cosmopolitan, with no shortage of things to do or see.