page_title: Owen Graduate School of Management
section_title: Student life
hierarchical_section_title: Owen Graduate School of Management / Student life
caption_attribution_description: English: Student life at OGSM
context_page_description: The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1969, Owen awards six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administration, an Executive MBA, a Master of Finance, a Master of Accountancy, a Master of Accountancy-Valuation, and a Master of Management in Health Care, as well as a large variety of joint professional and MBA degree programs. Owen is renowned for its Health Care MBA, a unique program that provides students an in-depth educational experience tailored to the health care industry. Owen also offers non-degree programs for undergraduates and executives.
  The student to faculty ratio is about 9 to 1, with 577 students and 49 full-time faculty members. The school's 8,304 living MBA alumni are found throughout the U.S. and around the world.
  Owen's two-year MBA program is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the nation by major publications. In 2016, Owen was ranked #22 in U.S. News & World Report's rankings. Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the full-time MBA program #30 in 2014.
context_section_description: Most Owen students live off campus, but on campus they have a wide variety of opportunities to meet other students. Owen-related groups sponsor everything from Thursday night socials to community service activities to the Capitalist Ball (a black-tie event). A sense of community is important to faculty, staff, and students. The Student Recreation Center offers facilities for basketball, squash, racquetball, and indoor swimming; there are tennis courts and an outdoor track.
  The Vanderbilt University campus, designated as a national arboretum, is near downtown Nashville. There is a long, cordial relationship between Nashvillians and students at the university, and the city encourages students to take advantage of arts events—from Nashville Symphony concerts to Broadway plays in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center—sporting events (the Titans NFL team or the Predators NHL team), numerous parks, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, golf courses, restaurants, and shops.
caption: Owentoberfest 2012
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