top business programs for UG, public and private

[Anonymous]

DH and I are new to DMV - oldest DC starting 9th in non-"Big 3" private. DC interested in studying business in college, which neither DH or I studied in school (two doctors, neither of us have any business experience). Where should we start looking, just broadly to give DC a sense of his options/ different programs? Interested in DCUM recs for top tier business programs at public and private schools, as well as recommendations for middle tier or safety school programs as well. TYIA!

[Anonymous]

Google USNWR top undergrad business programs

[Anonymous]

Find the poets and quants website

[Anonymous]

look at top schools with strong econ programs (harvard, chicago, yale, northwestern, duke, etc) - the top schools typically will not have an undergraduate business program/school.

[Anonymous]

Penn Wharton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Find the poets and quants website

+1

This is a better list/ranking than USNWR: https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/rankings/best-undergraduate-business-schools-business-school-rankings/5/

There are a number of great options nearby to tour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:look at top schools with strong econ programs (harvard, chicago, yale, northwestern, duke, etc) - the top schools typically will not have an undergraduate business program/school.

Academic econ programs are quite different from most undergraduate business programs. Most kids will have a strong preference for one path or the other.

[Anonymous]

UG?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UG?

Undergraduate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:look at top schools with strong econ programs (harvard, chicago, yale, northwestern, duke, etc) - the top schools typically will not have an undergraduate business program/school.

This is not the answer to the question that the OP asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:look at top schools with strong econ programs (harvard, chicago, yale, northwestern, duke, etc) - the top schools typically will not have an undergraduate business program/school.

This is not the answer to the question that the OP asked.

DP

Maybe. We really do not know whether OP's son wants to study business or whether his primary goal is to work in the business sector for which an undergraduate degree in economics would enable him to get to the same place.

[Anonymous]

9th grade is too early to be narrowing college choices as a lot will happen, and a lot will change, during the next few years.

It is important to understand the difference between a direct entry business major versus a non-direct entry business program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:look at top schools with strong econ programs (harvard, chicago, yale, northwestern, duke, etc) - the top schools typically will not have an undergraduate business program/school.

This is not the answer to the question that the OP asked.

DP

Maybe. We really do not know whether OP's son wants to study business or whether his primary goal is to work in the business sector for which an undergraduate degree in economics would enable him to get to the same place.

Yes, we do. OP specifically said he "wants to study business in college." She didn't say what his "primary goal" was. She said he "wants to study business IN college." IN COLLEGE.

Couldn't have been more clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:look at top schools with strong econ programs (harvard, chicago, yale, northwestern, duke, etc) - the top schools typically will not have an undergraduate business program/school.

This is not the answer to the question that the OP asked.

Yes, but for most students interested in the "business field", a top econ program is oftentimes a stronger pipeline than an UG business degree. By focusing on rankings or only schools that have a UG business school, you're basically precluding yourself from the best pipelines into the business world.

[Anonymous]

Undergraduate business rankings are completely worthless. Not a single soul who actually works in business takes them seriously.