Graduate Business Agreements

Economics is one of the most popular majors at Hampden-Sydney College. In the junior and senior classes, 3% are Mathematical Economics majors, 14% are Economics and Business majors and 17% are Economics majors.

Through this program, Hampden-Sydney College provides superb undergraduate preparation for a career in business, banking, and finance grounded in the breadth and depth of a liberal arts education. However, it goes a step further by allowing you to leverage the College's connections - formal and informal - with renowned graduate programs.

University of Virginia
Darden School of Business
The Darden School of Business shares a formal Memorandum of Understanding with Hampden-Sydney College for admission to their elite MBA program. The agreement allows the following privileges to five graduates selected by the Provost and President of the College:

• Application fee waiver
• Automatic advancement to interview round
• Counseling and advice from the Darden admissions staff

McIntire School of Commerce
Hampden-Sydney also benefits from a strong (but informal) relationship with the McIntyre School's one-year graduate degrees in business which offers an M.S. in Commerce.

Duke University
Fuqua School of Business
Duke University's Fuqua School of Business shares a formal Memorandum of Understanding with Hampden-Sydney College for their one year Masters of Management Studies program, which provides an excellent education in the foundations of business. This agreement allows Hampden-Sydney students to apply and be accepted to the MMS program at Fuqua during their junior year. Up to four students will be nominated by the Provost and the President for the program who will receive the following privileges:

• Application fee waiver
• Automatic advancement to interview round
• Counseling and advice from the Fuqua admissions staff

Wake Forest University
Babcock School of Business
Wake Forest's Babcock School of business has accepted Hampden-Sydney students to its one year Masters of Art in Management program since its inception. They actively recruit on campus, sending admissions representatives to Hampden-Sydney at least once per semester.

University of North Carolina
Kenan-Flagler Business School
The University of North Carolina has one of the best Masters of Accounting (MAC) programs in the southeast. Hampden-Sydney regularly places graduates in the 12-month program designed specifically for students with liberal arts undergraduate backgrounds.

College of William and Mary
Mason School of Business
William & Mary actively recruits on campus for its one-year Masters in Accounting degree program and Hampden-Sydney often sends multiple students per year to their highly-ranked program. William and Mary's Mason School of Business also recruits Hampden-Sydney students to pursue a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) directly out of undergraduate school, and several of Hampden-Sydney's most successful alumni have earned their MBAs from the school.

While at Hampden-Sydney your preparation for a career in business, banking, or finance is enhanced beyond your coursework. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Political Economy (CEPE) motivates students to actively seek opportunities in entrepreneurship and scholarship while developing a network of alumni and friends. Internships provide real-world experience and jump-start your resume making you more likely to receive a job offer.

Whether your immediate goal is graduate study or a paycheck, Hampden-Sydney's Department of Economics and Business will help you create a path that will lead to your goal by using our career Tiger Tracks in either Banking and Finance or Entrpreneurship, providing you with a roadmap of classes, extracurricular activities, resources, and alumni connections toward a career in business, banking and finance.