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Academic Term
10-week quarters
Program Length
21 months
Entry Point
Fall quarter (September)
Quantitative Option
Our Denver Quantitative MBA is a STEM-designated option for full-time students. DQMBA Students complete their seven electives in accounting, business analytics or finance.
Concentrations
Accounting
Business Analytics
Finance
Leadership in the Outdoor Recreation Industry
Marketing
Real Estate and the Built Environment
Sustainability
Customized concentrations
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The Denver MBA and Denver Quantitative MBA
Two options. One immersive, challenge-based experience.
Daniels' full-time MBAs put you to work on real business problems from your first quarter.
Choose the Denver MBA for a path you shape around your career goals, or the STEM-designated Denver Quantitative MBA to build deeper technical skills in accounting, business analytics or finance. Both programs share the same core curriculum, four signature challenges and 21-month cohort experience.
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Entrepreneurship Challenge
97% of Denver MBA students participated in an internship
94% of graduates say the degree helped prepare them for their job
2022-2024 graduates
Find the MBA that fits your goals
The Denver MBA and the Denver Quantitative MBA share most of their curriculum. The difference is in your electives: Quantitative MBA students complete a specific management science of quantitative methods concentration in accounting, finance or business analytics, earning a STEM-designated degree with a stronger technical foundation.
Learn by solving real business challenges
In both full-time MBAs, you'll complete four challenges for corporate, nonprofit and global partners. Each one asks you to apply what you've learned in class to a problem an organization is facing right now.
Entrepreneurship Challenge: Build and pitch your own startup concept.
Social Challenge: Partner with a nonprofit, mission-driven or start-up organization to create measurable impact.
Corporate Challenge: Work with a company on issues such as operations, market entry or supply chains.
Global Challenge: Travel abroad to tackle a business problem for an international organization. The trip is included in tuition.
Program Highlights
- Every student gets customized, ongoing career and academic support throughout the program.
- Move through the program as a cohort, building relationships and developing your network.
- Small class sizes mean you get highly personalized instruction.
- Coursework is supplemented by dynamic, interactive professional and leadership development workshops throughout the year on career-critical disciplines like project management, data science and AI.
- Dual degrees are available. You can save on tuition by combining your MBA with one of our specialized master’s programs.
Contact Us
Hannah Hansard
Associate Director of Graduate Admissions
Reach out to Hannah with any questions you have about the Denver MBA or the admissions process.
303-871-4212 | Contact Hannah
Connect with a Student
Our graduate student ambassadors are happy to share their personal experiences with Daniels and Denver. Email an ambassador with your questions or set up a time to meet them.
Denver and Denver Quantative MBA Program Tuition
"Daniels offers a program based on challenges. For me, this was one of the best programs out there because I would be able to not only learn the concepts in theory but also apply them."
— David Herrera Becerra | Denver MBA, 2025
How to Apply to the Denver MBAs
Both full-time MBAs welcome applicants from all professional backgrounds and academic disciplines. Qualified DMBA and DQMBA candidates must have at least 2 years of work experience. To apply, you must submit:
- Official college transcript(s)
- Professional resume
- Essays
- $100 application fee
GMAT or GRE scores are optional. If you determine that your application will be stronger with GMAT or GRE scores, please submit them when you apply.
All accepted students are automatically considered for scholarships. No additional application is needed.
Visit our graduate admissions page for more information about application requirements.
The Denver MBA Model: Yielding an Advantage in the Job Market
Nichole Snyder
Director, Talent and Organizational Development, Charles Schwab
“The big breakthrough is the elevation and intensification of leadership and professional development. You have an entire program built around assessment and constant improvement. This produces a sharper sense of self-awareness so students develop emotional intelligence and a capacity to learn and grow. Those are the hardest things to find in hiring, and it’s not only me saying that but the vast majority of top employers.”
Teresa Kostenbauer
Senior Manager, University Relations, Arrow Electronics
“As students progress through the four core challenges, they’ll clearly develop ever-stronger capabilities for collaboration, teamwork and other soft skills. They’ll also develop their ability to deal with ambiguous situations, which is probably the single most important skill for survival and advancement in business. It’s the combination of smarts and skills and development over time that produces great performance, and that’s exactly how this program is structured.”
Hear from a student why they chose the Denver MBA at Daniels.
FAQs for the Denver MBA and Denver Quantitative MBA
What's the difference between the Denver MBA and the Denver Quantitative MBA?
The two programs share the same core curriculum, challenges and schedule.
Quantitative MBA students complete seven electives in accountancy, business information and analytics, or finance, and the degree is STEM-designated. Denver MBA students choose from a wider range of electives and concentrations.
What industry or academic background do most students have when they join the program?
Denver MBA candidates come from a wide array of educational and professional backgrounds. There’s no requirement for formal business education or knowledge of a particular industry.
Do I need a technical background for the Quantitative MBA?
No. Like the Denver MBA, the Quantitative MBA is open to applicants from any academic background. Your electives build the technical skills you need.
What types of consulting projects do students do in the challenges?
In the Denver MBA you’ll learn through four group challenges: entrepreneurship, social good, corporate and global.
In the entrepreneurship challenge you’ll create your own start-up, creating a pitch deck and crafting your pitch. In the process you’ll learn about start-up funding, financing, and marketing approaches and examine start-up and entrepreneurship business case studies.
The projects you’ll do in the social good, corporate and global challenges can vary across a broad range of industries and business problems. You’ll partner with real-world organizations, and you may work on topics like operations, market entry, human resources and supply chains.
Can I switch between the two programs?
Depending on your student status you may be able to change programs. Talk to your admission advisor to determine your eligibility.
What does a weekly schedule look like for a full-time MBA student?
Classes are held Monday-Thursday late morning through late afternoon, with occasional midday hours held for regular professional and leadership development programming.
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Have other questions?
Contact the Office of Graduate Admissions online or call 303-871-3416.