Directory of business schools in Virginia
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Virginia Business
January 2007

PUBLIC COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
(headquartered in Virginia)

CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY
Joseph W. Luter III
School of Business
Location: Newport News
Phone: (757) 594-7184
Business programs: BS and certificate in accounting; degrees in management and marketing

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Mason School of Business
Location: Williamsburg
Phone: (757) 221-4100
Business programs: MBA; Executive MBA; evening MBA; Master of Accounting

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
School of Management
Location: Fairfax
Phone: (703) 993-1880
Business programs: MBA; BS degrees in accounting, finance, management, marketing, decision sciences and management information systems, and technology management; MS in bioscience management
The School of Management at George Mason University educates future business leaders through world-class teaching, innovative academic programs, and strategic business partnerships. It is one of just 168 business schools worldwide accredited in business and accounting by the Association to Advance College Schools of Business (AACSB) International, and is ranked in the top 100 accredited business schools by U.S. News & World Report.

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
College of Business
Location: Harrisonburg
Phone: (540) 568-3254
Business programs: BS degrees in accounting, economics, finance and business law, hospitality and tourism management, management, international business, marketing, and computer information science and operations management; MBA; MS in accounting

LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY
College of Business & Economics
Location: Farmville
Phone: (800) 281-4677
Business programs: BSBA with concentrations in accounting, finance, economics, marketing and retailing, management and computer information management systems; BA or BS in economics

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY
School of Business
Location: Norfolk
Phone: (757) 823-8600
Business programs: BS degree in accounting, business education, and hospitality management; BS in general business with concentrations in entrepreneurship, finance, management information systems, manufacturing and service management, management and total quality, marketing and economics

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
College of Business and Public Administration
Location: Norfolk
Phone: (757) 683-3520
Business programs: Bachelor's degrees in accounting, decision sciences, economics, finance, information technology, international business, management information systems, and marketing. MBA and MPA programs and specialized master's degrees in accounting, computer information sciences, economics and urban studies. Ph.D. programs in business administration, and public administration and urban policy. Continuing education certificate, public and custom programs.

RADFORD UNIVERSITY
College of Graduate & Extended Education
Location: Radford
Phone: (540) 831-5724
Business programs: Master of Business Administration

UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON
College of Graduate & Professional Studies
Location: Fredericksburg/Stafford
Phone: (540) 286-8088
Business programs: Stafford Campus: MBA, Bachelor of Professional Studies; Fredericksburg Campus: BS in business administration

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
Location: Charlottesville
Phone: (434) 924-3900
Business programs: MBA, MBA/MA, MBA/JD, Ph.D.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
McIntire School of Commerce
Location: Charlottesville
Phone: (434) 924-3257
Business programs: BS commerce, MS accounting, MS management, information technology

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE
Location: Wise
Phone: (888) 282-9324
Business programs: BA and BS degrees in business and economics with majors in accounting, economics and business administration

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
School of Business
Location: Richmond
Phone: (804) 828-1595
Business programs: BS in business with nine majors, a BS in financial technology, the MBA, Fast Track EMBA, MS in business with six majors, master of arts in economics, master in accountancy, master in taxation and Ph.D. in business with majors in information systems and accounting.

VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
Department of Economics and Business
Location: Lexington
Phone: (540) 464-7234
Business programs: BA in business and economics

VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
School of Business
Location: Petersburg
Phone: (804) 524-5766
Business programs: BS in accounting, economics, information systems and decision sciences, management and marketing

VIRGINIA TECH
Pamplin College of Business
Location: Blacksburg
Phone: (540) 231-6601
Business programs: Ph.D., MBA, MACIS (Master of Accounting and Information Systems), BS

PRIVATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
(with a Virginia campus)

AVERETT UNIVERSITY
Graduate and Professional Studies
Locations: Danville, Richmond, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Chesapeake, Newport News, Fort Belvoir, Quantico, Winchester, Martinsville, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Charlottesville, South Boston
Phone: (434) 791-5600
Business programs: MBA; bachelor's degrees in accounting, management science, global marketing management; BBA in e-commerce; associate of science in business administration

BLUEFIELD COLLEGE
Division of Business
Locations: Bluefield, Roanoke, Richmond
Phone: (800) 872-0175
Business programs: BS in business administration; BA or BS in organizational management and development with concentrations in accounting, business arts, information technology, management

BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE
George S. Aldhizer II Department of Economics and Business
Location: Bridgewater
Phone: (540) 828-5417
Business programs: Undergraduate major in business administration

CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE
Master of Management Program
Location: Chesapeake
Phone: (757) 424-0333
Business programs: Master of management concentration in e-commerce

EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY
Department of Business and Economics
Location: Harrisonburg
Phone: (540) 432-4150
Business programs: MBA, BS or BA degrees in accounting, business administration, computer information systems and economics

EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE
Department of Business and Economics
Location: Emory
Phone: (276) 944-6196
Business programs: BA in economics; BS in management; BS in management with a concentration in accounting

FERRUM COLLEGE
Division of Business, Mathematics & Computer Science
Location: Ferrum
Phone: (800) 868-9797
Business programs: Business administration with concentrations in decision support systems, financial management, management and marketing

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
Economics, Economics and Commerce, Mathematical Economics
Location: Hampden-Sydney
Phone: (434) 223-6000

HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
School of Business
Location: Hampton
Phone: (757) 727-5361
Business programs: MBA; BA in accounting, management, banking and finance, marketing, economics, entrepreneurship

HOLLINS UNIVERSITY
Economics Department
Location: Roanoke
Phone: (540) 362-6000
Business programs: BA in economics, BA in business

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
School of Business and Government
Location: Lynchburg
Phone: (434) 582-2000
Business programs: MBA; BA in accounting, finance, economics, MIS, marketing and management

LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
School of Business and Economics
Location: Lynchburg
Phone: (434) 544-8417
Business programs: MBA; undergraduate degrees in accounting, business administration, economics, management, and marketing

MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE
Business Administration Program
Location: Staunton
Phone: (800) 468-2262
Business programs: BA or BS in business administration with concentrations in accounting, entrepreneurship, international business, management, and marketing; certificates in business management, entrepreneurship and marketing/ communications

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
School of Business Administration
Locations: Arlington, Sterling
Phone: (703) 284-5902, (800) 548-3862
Business programs: Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, business law and paralegal studies, finance, general business, international business, management, and marketing; Bachelor of Arts in economics in society; Bachelor of Science in information systems; Master of Business Administration; Master of Arts in human resource management and legal administration; Master of Science in health care management, information systems and management

Marymount is a comprehensive Catholic university. The School of Business Administration, located at the Ballston Center, prepares students to compete successfully in today's global business environment. Programs combine practical business knowledge with the latest business technologies (including a dedicated information security lab to support courses related to computer security and information assurance). An emphasis on business ethics is integrated throughout the curriculum. The University also offers certificate programs which provide shorter-term educational options. In addition, University-business partnerships bring Marymount programs to the business site and are customized to meet the specific needs of an organization.
Classes are small and taught by faculty members with "real world" experience, who are committed to helping students achieve their individual educational and professional goals. Evening and Saturday classes, online courses, and some short term, intensive classes are designed for working adults. The Ballston Center is conveniently located two blocks from the Ballston-MU Metro, and one block from I-66.

RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE
Business and Economics
Location: Ashland
Phone: (800) 888-1762
Business programs: Undergraduate degrees in economics, economics and business and accounting

RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE
Business and Economics
Location: Lynchburg
Phone: (800) 745-7692
Business programs: BA in economics, concentrations in business, economics, international economics

REGENT UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Business
Locations: Virginia Beach, Washington, D.C., and online
Phone: (800) 477-3642
Business programs: Full-time and part-time MBA; Executive MBA; Online MBA; MA in management; DBA

ROANOKE COLLEGE
Business Administration, Economic and Computer Information Systems
Location: Salem
Phone: (540) 375-2270
Business programs: BA in economics, BBA in business administration and BS in computer information systems

SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
School of Business
Locations: Winchester, Leesburg
Phone: (540) 665-4572
Business programs: BA in accounting, banking and finance, information systems and computer technology, international business, management, marketing, MBA.

The Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business at Shenandoah University, located in Winchester, proudly carries the name of Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. Byrd is a newspaper publisher, businessman and former United States senator from Virginia, who served the commonwealth and the nation with great distinction.

Business classes at Shenandoah University date back to 1889. Since then, the business school has come a very long way. It currently offers both baccalaureate and graduate degrees in business to students at both the Winchester campus and Shenandoah's Northern Virginia Campus in Leesburg.

The mission of the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business is to educate its students to become successful, principled leaders with a global perspective. Faculty members are dedicated to offering an individualized learning experience where students can excel, and faculty members are committed to making contributions to their professional disciplines.

This value-added approach to education through intense student-faculty interaction is achieved through a foundation of experiential and team-learning, instructional technology, principled leadership, global education and an academic mindset of entrepreneurship, internship and study-abroad experiences.

Another fact that can be said of the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business is, "Success stories start here."

For information, call (540) 665-4572 or visit www.su.edu.

ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE
Department of Business Administration
Location: Lawrenceville
Phone: (434) 848-3111
Business programs: BS in business administration with concentrations in accounting, computer information systems, international business, marketing and management.

STRATFORD UNIVERSITY
Stratford University
Graduate School
Location: Falls Church
Phone: (703) 821-8570
Business programs: MS-Enterprise Business Management; MBA

SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
Location: Sweet Briar
Phone: (434) 381-6100
Business programs: general business management (coordinated program)

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
The Robins School of Business
Location: Richmond
Phone: (804) 289-8553
Business programs: Evening MBA and B.S. degree with courses in accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and international business.

Recently ranked a top 25 undergraduate business school by BusinessWeek and named "A Best Business School" by the Princeton Review, the Robins School of Business offers a fully-accredited MBA program featuring an innovative curriculum designed to meet the needs of working professionals.

The Richmond MBA includes both an opening residency that features a case competition focusing on a real-life organizational issue and an international residency that involves a consultancy project in conjunction with a foreign company. In addition, every student designs and completes a capstone project towards the end of the program, applying knowledge gained throughout the course of study.

Our students and graduates are employed by leading organizations including Genworth Financial, Wachovia Securities, Capital One, DuPont, Philip Morris USA, KPMG, Honeywell International and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
For more information, please call (804) 289-8553 or visit http://business.richmond.edu.

VIRGINIA INTERMONT COLLEGE
Location: Bristol
Phone: (276) 669-6101
Business programs: BA or BS with concentrations in management and marketing

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY
Sydney Lewis
School of Business
Location: Richmond
Phone: (804) 257-5710
Business programs: BS in accounting; BS in business administration, with concentrations in finance and economics, human resource management, management information systems, marketing and general business administration

VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Department of Management, Business and Economics
Location: Virginia Beach
Phone: (757) 455-3200
Business programs: Undergraduate major in Liberal Arts Management Program and minor in business

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Babcock Graduate School
of Management
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Phone: (866) 925-3622

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
The Williams School of Commerce, Economics and Politics
Location: Lexington
Phone: (540) 458-8602
Business programs: Bachelor of science with special attainment in commerce, bachelor of arts in economics, politics or public policy

TWO-YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Weyers Cave, Harrisonburg
Phone: (540) 234-9261
Business programs: Associate degree in accounting, business management, and information systems technology

CENTRAL VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Lynchburg
Phone: (434) 832-7600
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration

DABNEY S. LANCASTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Clifton Forge
Phone: (540) 863-2800
Business programs: Associate degree in general business

DANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Division of Business and Engineering Technologies
Location: Danville
Phone: (434) 797-2222
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration, accounting, business management

EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Melfa
Phone: (757) 787-5900
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration, e-commerce, management and information systems

GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Locust Grove, Fredericksburg
Phone: (540) 727-3000
Business program: Associate degree in general business

J. SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Richmond, Henrico, Goochland
Phone: (804) 371-3000
Business programs: Associate degree in accounting, management, marketing; certificate in accounting

JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Chester, Midlothian
Phone: (804) 796-4000
Business programs: Associate degree and/or certificate in accounting, business management

LORD FAIRFAX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Middletown, Warrenton
Phone: (540) 868-7000
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration, accounting, management

MOUNTAIN EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Big Stone Gap
Phone: (276) 523-7462
Business programs: Associate degree in accounting, management

NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Dublin
Phone: (540) 674-3600
Business programs: Associate degree in accounting, business management, small-business management

NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Annandale, Alexandria, Loudoun, Manassas, Woodbridge
Phone: (703) 323-3000
Business programs: Associate degree and certificates in business administration, business management, acquisition and procurement, small business management, business management principles and hospitality management

PATRICK HENRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Martinsville, Stuart, Rocky Mount
Phone: (276) 638-8777
Business programs: Associate degree in accounting, business administration, business management; and specializations in international business, e-commerce and motor sports management

PAUL D. CAMP COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Franklin, Suffolk, Smithfield
Phone: (757) 569-6700
Business programs: Associate degrees in business administration (AA&S) and management (AAS)

PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Charlottesville
Phone: (434) 977-3900
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration and business and management with a specialization in accounting, management and marketing; certificates in business, management and financial accounting analysis

RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Warsaw, Glenns
Phone: (804) 333-6100
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration, business management

RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE
Location: Petersburg
Phone: (804) 862-6100
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration and general management

SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Alberta, Keysville
Phone: (434) 949-1000
Business programs: Associate degree in accounting, marketing, business administration, business management, general business, information services technology, administrative support technology

SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Richlands
Phone: (276) 964-2555
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration, accounting, managment

THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: Hampton, Williamsburg
Phone: (757) 825-2700
Business programs: Associate degree in business administration; certificate programs in accounting, acquisitions and procurement, organizational leadership, Internet operations, sales management, supervision and total quality management

Business programs are offered at Thomas Nelson in a wide range of specialties. In addition to traditional areas such as accounting, marketing and general management, there are two-year degree programs and one-year certificate programs available in such specialties as industrial management, supervision, total quality management, sales and real estate. Technology-oriented programs of interest to business organizations include e-commerce, database/software development, and administrative support. The college also offers a Leadership Development program at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. Agreements with several four-year institutions provide for transfer of TNCC business courses to baccalaureate business programs. Many courses are available online as well as during evenings or weekends.

For additional information please contact the Business and Public Services division at 825-2900.

TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Locations: , Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach
Phone: (757) 822-1122
Business programs: Associate degree with concentrations in accounting,administrative support technology, businesses, hospitality management, information systems technology and management

Tidewater Community College offers a wide variety of business-related programs, including two-year degrees, one-year certificates, and career studies programs. Programs incorporate current workplace requirements, with state-of-the-art technology, experienced faculty, and active advisory committees from the business community. Programs and courses include business management, database management, network security for businesses, information systems, hospitality management, retail operations, accounting, paralegal studies, administrative support, marketing, financial services, andreal estate.

The largest provider of higher education and workforce development services in Hampton Roads. TCC offers more than 150 high-quality academic programs to more than 37,000 credit students each year. The 37th largest in the nation's 1,600 community colleges, TCC ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. The college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center in downtown Norfolk, Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth, and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. For more information, visit www.tcc.edu.

VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Abingdon
Phone: (276) 739-2400
Business programs: Associate degree in general business

VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Roanoke
Phone: (540) 857-8922
Business programs: Associate degree and certificates in accounting, business administration

WYTHEVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Wytheville
Phone: (276) 223-4700
Business programs: Associate degree in general business

CAREER SCHOOLS

ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Locations: Virginia Beach, Newport News, Manassas
Phone: (757) 671-7171
Business programs: Accounting administration and business systems administration

ECPI TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Locations: Richmond, Roanoke
Phone: 1-888-526-4654
Business programs: Bachelor of Science degree in computer and information science management information systems.

NATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Locations: Bluefield, Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Danville, Martinsville, Harrisonburg, Salem
Phone: (540) 986-1800
Business programs: BA degrees in accounting and management; associate's degrees in accounting and management

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Virginia Locations: Richmond, Centreville, Fort Belvoir, Fort Myer, Portsmouth, Lawrenceville
Phone: (800) 950-1144
Business programs: MS in administration with concentrations in general business, human resources, health services, public administration, software engineering administration and information resource management

DEVRY UNIVERSITY
Keller Graduate School of Management
Virginia Locations: Arlington, Tysons Corner
Phone: Arlington (703) 415-0600
Tysons Corner (703) 556-9669

NATIONAL-LOUIS UNIVERSITY
College of Management and Business
Location: McLean
Phone: (703) 749-3000
Business programs: MBA; MS human resource management and development and managerial leadership; BS in management and management information systems

STRAYER UNIVERSITY
Virginia Locations: Arlington, Alexandria, Chesapeake, Midlothian, Fredericksburg, Ashburn, Manassas, Newport News, Woodbridge, Glen Allen, Virginia Beach, Loudon, Chesterfield
Phone: (866) 324-5917

Strayer University has over 115 years of experience educating working adults. Currently, more than 31,000 students are enrolled at Strayer University in information technology and business-oriented programs. Undergraduate and graduate programs are available at multiple campuses in the mid-Atlantic region, and completely online via Strayer University Online.
Strayer University offers graduate and undergraduate programs in accounting, acquisition and contract management, business administration, information technology, computer networking, economics, international business, marketing, and supply chain management.

Strayer University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. To learn more about Strayer University, visit www.strayer.edu, or call 1-866-324-5917.

TROY UNIVERSITY
Sorrell College of Business
12 Virginia locations in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia.
Phone: Hampton Roads (877) 289-TROY (8769); D.C./Northern Virginia (800) 645-TROY (8769)

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Virginia Locations: Reston, Richmond
Phone: Richmond Campus: (800) MY -SUCCESS
Northern Virginia Campus: (703) 376-6100