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 2,293 students, divided between graduate, undergraduate programs, and dual undergraduate/graduate programs.
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, a Denver cable television pioneer, presented the University of Denver with a challenge grant to update the graduate business curriculum. The redesigned program combined traditional disciplines such as finance, management and marketing with the development of ethics and value-based leadership.
The Denver MBA focuses on core business challenges. As students get assigned a new challenge each quarter, students take on real-world business scenarios via action-based learning. Some challenges offered to students include launching a startup, getting resourceful for a budget-strapped non-profit or NGO, and working with local corporations to solve problems and implement strategic solutions. Students also travel across the globe to take on a major business concern.
Daniels building
The $22 million Daniels College of Business building was opened in 1999. 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.
The school also offers Graduate Business Certificates, Dual master's degrees, and Undergraduate and Graduate Dual Degrees
Online MBA program
The Daniels College of Business is one of the first business schools established in the U.S., and has had continuous AACSB accreditation since 1923. MBA@Denver is an online MBA program designed for working professionals that started in 2018. It is accredited by the AACSB. An MBA can be earned in 21 months with 60 credit hours. Coursework is completed through online, self-guided courses, live online discussions, and internships. MBA@Denver offers students multiple concentration options, leadership immersions, and a capstone project.
Rankings
Ranked one of the Top 15 Most Innovative MBA Programs by Inc. Magazine
Daniels was ranked #5 regionally and 25th nationally in 2011 by Business Week for its part-time MBA programs. Its undergraduate business program was ranked 57th in the county and #1 in Colorado.
Daniels College of Business has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal in various general and specific categories, including no. 20 Overall among North American regional schools in 2007
#72 among Best Undergraduate Business Programs by U.S. News and World Report
In 2011, Daniels ranked #2 in the world for small MBA programs, and #15 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 Times ranked Daniels #35 in the United States, among Executive MBA programs for 2011.
