Professor David Woodruff Named 2024 INFORMS Fellow
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Professor David Woodruff Named 2024 INFORMS Fellow

Distinguished honor recognizes significant contributions to operations research, analytics and INFORMS

Source: UC Davis GSM

UC Davis Graduate School of Management Professor David L. Woodruff, renowned for his work in business analytics, has been named to the 2024 class of INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest honors in the field of operations research and analytics.

QS Ranks UC Davis Full-Time MBA among Top 25 at U.S. Public Universities
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QS Ranks UC Davis Full-Time MBA among Top 25 at U.S. Public Universities

Faculty among the top 15% globally for research impact

Source: QS

The UC Davis Full-Time MBA ranks among the top 25 programs at U.S. public universities, in the top 50 overall and among the top third for employability of graduates, according to the 2025 QS MBA rankings.

QS Ranks UC Davis MSBA No. 1 Globally for Return on Investment for Third Year
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QS Ranks UC Davis MSBA No. 1 Globally for Return on Investment for Third Year

Plus, No. 4 worldwide for “Value for the Money”; top 20 overall in U.S. and top 40 worldwide

Source: QS

The UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics is once again the No. 1 program in the world for return on investment for the degree, an honor it has held for the third consecutive year in the QS rankings.

Professor Beth Bechky Named Microsoft Research AI & Society Fellow
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Professor Beth Bechky Named Microsoft Research AI & Society Fellow

Igniting interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of AI and society

Source: UC Davis GSM

“We have the opportunity to ask critical questions about how screenwriters’ work is changing in response to the challenges of generative AI in the film and television industry," says Professor Beth Bechky.

Four Top Scholars Join Faculty
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Four Top Scholars Join Faculty

School welcomes experts in AI, machine learning and data analytics methods

With Ph.D.’s from Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, the University of Michigan and the University of Washington, the foursome shares a common interest in quantitative methods spanning big data, machine learning and AI in their research specializations.

UC Davis Online MBA Ranks in Top 10 in North America, No. 13 Globally
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UC Davis Online MBA Ranks in Top 10 in North America, No. 13 Globally

QS Online MBA 2024 Rankings

Source: QS

The first-of-its-kind in the University of California system, the UC Davis Online MBA program ranks No. 7 in North America and No. 13 globally in the latest QS rankings released on April 24, 2024.

U.S. News Ranks UC Davis Part-Time MBA in Top 20 among Public Programs
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U.S. News Ranks UC Davis Part-Time MBA in Top 20 among Public Programs

Sacramento and Bay Area Programs

Source: UC Davis

For the sixth year in a row, the UC Davis Part-Time MBA offered in Sacramento and San Ramon in the San Francisco Bay Area ranks among the top 20 programs at public institutions.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management Recognized as Top-10 Military Friendly® School
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UC Davis Graduate School of Management Recognized as Top-10 Military Friendly® School

Creating opportunities for the military community

Reflecting a commitment to students and alumni in the U.S. military, the UC Davis GSM is ranked No. 8 among graduate schools and the only University of California graduate school among the top 10 in Military Friendly's latest survey.

Undergrad Business Major Approved for UC Davis Curriculum in Fall 2025
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Undergrad Business Major Approved for UC Davis Curriculum in Fall 2025

Graduate School of Management will confer the degree

Source: UC Davis

UC Davis will welcome its first cohort of students to a new undergraduate business major in the fall of 2025. The major is a partnership between the GSM, College of Letters and Science, and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

U.S. News Ranks UC Davis Online MBA in Top 20 for Engagement
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U.S. News Ranks UC Davis Online MBA in Top 20 for Engagement

Program ranks No. 42 overall, No. 31 among public universities

Source: U.S.News & World Report

The UC Davis Online MBA program, the first and only online MBA in the University of California system, is ranked among the best online MBA programs in the nation by U.S.News & World Report.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management Announces Partnership with NBA’s Sacramento Kings
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UC Davis Graduate School of Management Announces Partnership with NBA’s Sacramento Kings

Alliance highlights benefits of new Master of Management

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management becomes the official Higher Education Partner of the Sacramento Kings and Golden 1 Center, and the partnership will highlight benefits of the new Master of Management program as well internship opportunities for UC Davis MBA students, and more.

 
Poets&Quants Ranks UC Davis Full-Time MBA in Top 20 among Public Programs
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Poets&Quants Ranks UC Davis Full-Time MBA in Top 20 among Public Programs

Mash up of Financial Times, U.S. News, Bloomberg, LinkedIn and Princeton Review

Source: Poets&Quants

The Poets&Quants 2023-2024 MBA rankings combines the most influential business school rankings in the world: U.S. News & World Report, The Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and for the first time LinkedIn‘s debut MBA ranking and Princeton Review‘s annual list of the best.

UC Davis Online MBA Ranks in Top 20 of Poets&Quants' 2024 List of Best in U.S.
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UC Davis Online MBA Ranks in Top 20 of Poets&Quants' 2024 List of Best in U.S.

Top 5 on West Coast for recent alumni satisfaction measures

Source: Poets&Quants

The UC Davis Online MBA program, the first and only online MBA in the University of California system, has been ranked among the top 20 in Poets&Quants 2024 list of “The Best Online MBA Programs in the U.S."

UC Davis MBA Ranks in Top 50 in U.S., Top 1/3 for Employability by Recruiters
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UC Davis MBA Ranks in Top 50 in U.S., Top 1/3 for Employability by Recruiters

QS 2024 Global MBA Rankings

Source: QS

QS rated full-time MBA programs in the U.S. based on five weighted factors: Employability, Return on Investment, Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes, Thought Leadership, Class and Faculty Diversity.

QS Ranks MSBA No. 1 Globally for Return on Investment
QS Ranks UC Davis MSBA #1 for ROI and #2 for Value for the Money
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QS Ranks MSBA No. 1 Globally for Return on Investment

Plus, No. 2 worldwide for “Value for the Money” in 2024 rankings

The UC Davis MSBA Class of 2022 showed record-breaking career placement success as strong demand continues for business-savvy data analysts, with average starting salaries of over $131,000 and average bonus of $19,000.

Professor Hemant Bhargava Honored for Dedication to Information Systems
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Professor Hemant Bhargava Honored for Dedication to Information Systems

INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) President's Service Award

Source: INFORMS

"This is a community which has given me an incredible amount—an intellectual home, inspirational ideas, academic colleagues and collaborators, deep friendships and much more," said Bhargava.

UC Davis to Launch Online Master of Management
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UC Davis to Launch Online Master of Management

New graduate degree program to expand access to top business school

Source: UC Davis

The first of its kind in the UC system, the fully online Master of Management is now accepting applications for the inaugural class in April 2004. The 15-month program will expand access to management education for new professionals to develop the skills they need to excel in the professional world.

 

UC Davis Graduate School of Management Recognized as Gold Top-10 Military Friendly® School
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UC Davis Graduate School of Management Recognized as Gold Top-10 Military Friendly® School

Creating opportunities for the military community

Reflecting a commitment to students and alumni in the U.S. military, the UC Davis GSM is ranked No. 8 among graduate schools and the only University of California graduate school among the top 10 in Military Friendly's latest survey.