Dual Degrees
MBA/MED - Dual Degrees - Admissions - MBA
MBA/M.Ed
UVA School of Education and Human Development and the Darden School of Business offer a combined MBA/M.Ed degree that is designed to prepare creative, principled, and practical leaders.
Dual-degree graduates combine a deep knowledge of education with rigorous training in management, operations, and strategy, and they use this expertise to improve education effectiveness, lead change in education policy, direct school operations, start ventures as education entrepreneurs and more.
Few sectors in society provide the reach that schools have into, quite literally, millions of lives. But reach does not always translate into impact because the challenges that education organizations around the world face are profound. The MBA/M.Ed combined degree is designed to address these problems by preparing the next generation of business and education leaders.
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I was torn between which graduate degree was right for me, when it felt like a combination would be my ideal program. I wanted to build upon my existing expertise in education with concrete business fundamentals form an MBA to effectively lead innovative strategies in education.
Details
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Timeline & Curriculum
The combined MBA/M.Ed degree can be completed in two years with a summer or fall start, with a combination of in-person and online courses.
Students may choose 1 of 9 concentrations: Curriculum and Instruction, Diversity, Education Policy, English as a Second Language, Higher Education, Instructional Technology, Leadership in Reading and Literacy, Social and Emotional Learning, and Social Foundations.
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Careers
UVA’s combined MBA/M.Ed degree alumni lead change in a variety of roles at the intersection of business and education spanning educational leadership, consulting, entrepreneurship, education technology, instructional design and management in school districts and charter management organizations. Alumni have worked at the following institutions and companies:
- Consulting firms such as Bain & Company, Bellwether Education Partners, Accenture, EY-Parthenon and McKinsey & Company
- Education and technology companies such as Amazon, Chegg, EdOps, Multiverse and Mural
- Schools such as Dartmouth University, Rocky Moutain Prep and YES Prep Public Schools
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Student Life
Darden's student-run Education Club strives to generate energy, passion, appreciation and focus around the education industry by presenting career pathways for business students interested in education, raising awareness of education issues among future business leaders and promoting mutually beneficial opportunities with the School of Education and Human Development, Albemarle/Charlottesville education organizations and the Partnership for Leaders in Education (PLE).
Other student opportunies include Darden PREP (Prison Reentry Education Program), Net Impact Club’s Board Fellows Program and Second Year Coach.
There are typcially 5-15 students enrolled in each cohort.
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Explore More
- Program Details flyer
- Carlos Bortoni (Class of 2019) on the Experience Darden podcast
- Sloane Grey (Class of 2024) on the Experience Darden podcast
- Aidan Connell (Class of 2024) on the Experience Darden podcast
- Fanny Mei (Class of 2023) and Pooja Vittal (Class of 2023) on the Experience Darden podcast
- Tyler Kelley (Class of 2023) and Moriah Horner (Class of 2023) on the Exprerience Darden podcast
- Huan Zheng (Class of 2022) on the Experience Darden podcast
- MBA/M.Ed Program Celebrates 10 Years (Darden Report)
Contact
Merav Frazier
Senior Associate Director of Global Recruitment (Darden)
June A. West
Marjorie R. Sands Associate Professor of Business Administration (Darden)
