335 students enrolled, 33% are international students, 40% are women and 21% are domestic minority students. The School had an acceptance rate of 36.5% as of 2019. Employment statistics A total of 97% of MBA graduates from the class of 2019 received full-time offers within three months of graduation, the median starting salary and sign-on bonus upon graduation was $162,000. Among the graduates, 36% entered consulting positions, 24% obtained investment banking and financial services roles, and 15% entered careers in technologies. Study abroad Students are offered study abroad programs as well as Darden Worldwide Courses which offer international immersion courses which are funded by a $15 million gift from philanthropist and donor, Frank Batten. Executive MBA formats Designed with a hybrid structure of online learning with in-person residences at the new UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds in the Washington, D.C., area, two formats of the MBA are offered which provide the same degree as the MBA. The EMBA (Executive MBA) is designed for working professionals and the GEMBA (Global Executive MBA) is an option that provides additional global residences compared to the EMBA. Both formats have the same core curriculum over a period of twenty-one months with all students entering in the same cohort each academic year. Global residencies include Brazil, Chile, China, Germany, Japan, Ghana, Israel, India, Estonia and Cuba with changes in locations possible each year. Darden Executive Education The inaugural Executive Education program was offered in 1955. Darden Executive Education offers both short courses and custom solutions, as well as consortia, corporate university design and development, and industry specific partnerships. Short course focus areas include leadership, general management, strategy and decision-making, negotiation, growth and innovation, project management, sales and marketing, financial management and corporate aviation. Rankings Darden is regularly ranked as being among the Top 15 business schools in the U.S. and Top 30 in the world. Its current rankings are as follows: MBA rankings #5 Bloomberg Businessweek 2019 #11 U.S. News & World Report 2021 #13 Forbes 2019 #16 (North America) - The Economist 2019 #16 (Global) - The Economist 2019 MBA Specialty rankings #1 Best Professors - The Princeton Review 2019 #2 Best MBA For Consulting - The Princeton Review 2019 #2 Best MBA For Management - The Princeton Review 2019 #4 Best Campus Environment - The Princeton Review 2019 #6 Entrepreneurship - The Princeton Review for Entrepreneur magazine 2019 #1 Education Experience in United