Villanova School of Business

Villanova School of Business
Bartley Hall, home of VSB
Type	Private business school
Established	1922
Parent institution	Villanova University
Dean	Wen Mao
Undergraduates	1,674
Location	Villanova , Pennsylvania , United States
Website	www.villanova.edu/business

The Villanova School of Business is the business school of Villanova University, a private Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It offers seven undergraduate degrees, six graduate programs, an executive MBA program, and several executive education programs. The programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Rankings

Graduate

The MBA program was ranked:

#19 Best Online MBA by U.S. News & World Report in 2023
#26 Best Online MBA by Poets & Quants in 2023
#25 Best Part-Time MBA Programs by U.S. News & World Report in 2023

VSB’s specialized master’s programs were ranked:

#16 Best Online Graduate Business Degree Programs by U.S. News & World Report in 2022
#9 Best Online Masters in Business Analytics Programs by Fortune in 2023

Undergraduate

Overall, the college's undergraduate programs were ranked:

#14 by Poets & Quants in 2023^[1]
#1 by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2016, including rankings of #2 in its employer survey, #10 in its student survey, and #15 in its ranking of internship
#36 for Best Undergraduate Teaching by U.S. News & World Report in as well as 2021 #64 among "Best Value Schools"

Academics

The Villanova School of Business offers 7 majors, 2 co-majors and 11 minors to its undergraduate students and offers 8 graduate programs, including an executive MBA program, and specialized masters’ programs.

Majors (7)
- Accounting
- Economics
- Finance
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Real Estate

Co-Majors (2)
- Business Analytics
- International Business

Minors (11)
- Accounting
- AIML
- Business Analytics
- Business Law and Corporate Governance
- Consulting
- Economics
- Finance
- International Business
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Real Estate
Masters (8)
- Accounting with Data Analytics
- Business Analytics
- Business Taxation
- Church Management
- Executive MBA
- Finance
- JD/MBA
- MBA

History

Villanova University was founded in 1842 and named after St. Thomas of Villanova, a 16^th-century Augustinian saint, writer, educator, and bishop. In the early 1900s, there was a trend to specialize collegiate studies in specific fields. Thus, the Villanova School of Business, then called “The Division of Commerce and Finance, was founded by Father Joseph C. Bartley in 1922. The school was later renamed The Villanova School of Business in 2006.

Since 1922, VSB has had nine deans:

Rev. Joseph Bartley, OSA:1922-1962
Rev. Phillip F. Barrett, OSA: 1962-1976
Alvin A. Clay: 1977-1995
John A. Pearce II, PhD: 1995-1996
Tim Monahan, PhD: 1996-2003
James M. Danko: 2005-2011
Patrick G. Maggitti, PhD: 2012-2015
Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD: 2016-2023
Wen Mao, PhD: 2023-present

In 2022-2023, VSB celebrated its 100^th anniversary, and the many positive contributions of its community members of alumni, faculty, staff and students. To learn more about the Villanova School of Business and its history, click here.