Owen ($Full Ride$) vs Darden

100% scholarship at Owen makes it a competitive option.

Ultimately, your degree will be what you make of it, and a full ride is a compelling factor. Looking towards the statistics:

- Owen's 2017 full time employment report lists out 25% of the class headed to financial services, 10% to investment banking, negligible to Other Financial Services. Similarly, 24% of Darden goes to financial services, 15% to investment banking, 4% to Other Financial Services. Neither lists out PE or VC separately, which likely indicates a relatively limited amount of students going directly to those industries.
- Healthcare is only 4% of Darden, while representing 10% at Owen.

Accessing PE and VC directly post-school is hard, regardless of school. Your background supports a break-through if you construct your story correctly. Investment banking can offer a way to build your skills to break into PE. For VC, pursuing high-growth or high-industry specialization helps with breaking in. Mapping out concretely how you want to break in will aid your decision. Look towards these statistics, talk to the schools to see what they say, and try to find relevant alumni to support your thesis.

Hope this helps in your consideration!

darden. you will need to get into a top tier consulting/banking/tech job to try and do VC/PE down the road and darden gives you a much better chance

If you want to go into VC or private equity focusing on healthcare/biotech/pharma then Owen is a great school for your career. I agree that Darden is placed above in rankings but should ranking be the only criteria for deciding schools? If your goal had been consulting I would have said otherwise. For healthcare Owen is always a great school and that too with 100% scholarship.