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Dec 16, 2024

Business Facilities names Virginia 2024 State of the Year

Business Facilities has named Virginia its 2024 State of the Year, recognizing the state’s business environment and economic development success, the publication announced Monday. The award comes in the same year as Virginia’s sixth No. 1 ranking as CNBC‘s Top State for Business, awarded in July. Virginia previously won Business Facilities‘ State of the Year […]

University of Virginia Rotunda and Lawn. Photo courtesy University of Virginia
Sep 25, 2024

15 Va. schools make U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 national universities list

Fifteen Virginia schools ranked on the U.S. News and World Report’s 2025 Best National Universities list released Tuesday. Several Virginia schools were noted on other education rankings released by the media company, including 16 Virginia colleges on the best national liberal arts colleges list. For U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges lists, researchers evaluated […]

Jul 30, 2024

Virginia’s rankings

#1 Top States for Business CNBC #1 Education CNBC #1 Customized workforce training Business Facilities #3 infrastructure CNBC #3 Best business climate Business Facilities #3 Tech talent pipeline Business Facilities #3 Artificial intelligence CNBC #5 Business friendliness CNBC #16 Best state to start a small business in 2024 Forbes Advisor #24 cost of doing business […]

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks on CNBC July 11, 2024, as Virginia is ranked the nation's top state for business for a record sixth time.
Jul 11, 2024

Virginia is CNBC’s Top State for Business for record sixth time

Virginia regained its crown as the No. 1 state in CNBC‘s annual America’s Top States for Business rankings released Thursday, winning the top spot for a record sixth time. The cable business news network once again praised Virginia for having “the nation’s best education system and policies that give companies room — both literally and […]

Jul 30, 2023

Va. edges up to No. 2 in CNBC poll

Cited once more for its educational prowess, Virginia moved from third place last year to second place this year in CNBC‘s annual Top States for Business rankings. Our neighbor to the south, North Carolina, won the top spot for a second year in a row. “Virginia is our most decorated state, a five-time winner,” the […]

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on CNBC
Jul 11, 2023

Virginia rises to No. 2 in CNBC’s Top States for Business

Rated America’s best state for education, Virginia climbed to the No. 2 spot in CNBC‘s 2023 Top States for Business rankings, with North Carolina taking the top spot for the second year in a row. “Virginia is our most decorated state, a five-time winner,” the cable business news network said Tuesday, “but you’ll pay dearly […]

Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at the announcement of Lego Group's Chesterfield County facility.
Nov 2, 2022

Site Selection ranks Va. 1st for biz climate

Virginia rose to first place in Site Selection magazine’s 2022 Business Climate Rankings. The commonwealth unseated North Carolina and ranked above Georgia, which had an eight-year streak in the top spot. Last year, Virginia was tied for 10th place. “I’m pleased that Virginia has won the best business climate; it’s incredibly exciting to see the […]

Jul 28, 2022

Breaking rank

What a difference a year makes. On July 13, 2021, against a backdrop of ships blasting their horns and spraying water in celebration at the Port of Virginia’s Norfolk International Terminals, Gov. Ralph Northam sat for a harborside interview with CNBC, which had just named Virginia the nation’s best state for business for an unprecedented […]

During a June 15, 2022, news conference at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that the Lego Group plans to build a $1 billion toy factory in Chesterfield County. Cover rendering courtesy Lego Group; Youngkin photo by Shaban Athuman/AP Images
Jul 28, 2022

Youngkin, CNBC see room for growth in Va.

In July, Virginia ceded the top spot in CNBC‘s America’s Top States for Business rankings to neighboring North Carolina, with Virginia taking third place in the annual list. Virginia had previously held the No. 1 slot for a record-breaking two years — a feat no other state has matched in the coveted award‘s 15-year history. […]

May 23, 2022

34 Va. companies make 2022 Fortune 1000 list

Thirty-four Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 68th annual Fortune 1000 list, which was released Monday. The list ranks the 1,000 largest United States corporations by total revenue, including public companies and private companies for which revenue information is available. Twenty-one companies made the elite Fortune 500 list, including Henrico County-based convenience retail [...]

Mar 10, 2022

Newsweek ranks U.Va. Medical Center top Va. hospital

Newsweek ranked Charlottesville’s University of Virginia Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia in its World’s Best Hospitals 2022 guide, which was released March 2. “Our team members have faced incredible challenges over the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have persevered to provide excellent care for all of our […]

University of Virginia Darden School of Business Photo by Sam Levitan
Nov 29, 2021

U.Va. Darden takes 9th in Bloomberg MBA program ranking

The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business tied for No. 9 out of 84 U.S. schools in the 2021-2022 Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools MBA list, released this week. The Darden School dropped from the No. 4 slot that it earned in 2019 and tied with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania this […]

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