Business School (undergrad) Recommendations

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Anonymous wrote:Unless someone is razor focused on business and can get into Wharton, business is a very limiting major for undergrad.

Wharton or nothing ... lol

At many universities, business is a very easy major and many of the so-called "athletes" major in business. In this major, It comes down to "connections". In other words, it is about "who you know". It is very hard to get a good paying job with a business major unless you have "connections". I am sure you will see folks jump in here and say that they get good paying jobs without hooks but those are exceptions rather than the rule.

My niece graduated with an undergraduate degree in business from "not Wharton" this year. Her concentration was sustainability, which is an emerging/growing field, and she landed a really terrific job. My nephew will be graduating next year (from Kelley), and has his job in hand, after his summer internship. They had no connections, but are both smart, motivated kids with strong work ethic, that actually busted their chops to land good internships, which then led to their jobs.

I'll put in a plug for Kelley. The size seems intimidating at first, but there are so many ways to make it feel like home and most students are very friendly in my experience. In fact, I always see the same people over and over again on campus, in the area of town with all the bars (Kirkwood), etc. Lots of resources at your fingertips if you know how to navigate everything well and what to focus more on academically, socially, professionally, etc. You have to dabble in all 3 at some point in college, but they ebb and flow at different times. Subtle plug/for example: sophomore year is the hardest year of college in my opinion because the slump is real, especially mental health wise, so if they get off to a good start freshman year, they're golden.

While connections can be important, I came into Kelley from square one (none of my parents did business) and not being from one of the venerable Chicago or Indianapolis area feeder schools. Yet I'll be working in private investing full in the Bay Area post-grad making 6 figures. If the kid finds a school where they will graduate with little to no debt, comes in and does what they need to do from the get-go in terms of getting good grades (>3.3), rushes a Greek organization to meet people whose parents are in leadership positions and make friends who they can have a fun time with Thursday-Satuday (and no other day, of course), joins industry-related clubs, finds somewhat business-related jobs as an underclassman so they can secure that juicy Junior internship and have the hard skills to turn that into a full-time return offer that leans towards their interests, gets to know professors, puts themselves out there strategically at career fairs/using the career center at their school (which doesn't get you jobs but helps facilitate the exploration process), it can for certain be done. From that point, they'll move on to a Top 10 MBA program after 3-4 years of various work experiences. From there, they're golden. It may seem vain and different from what college is portrayed to be, but business is strictly pre-professional. It may be blunt but this is the playbook.

This is spot on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Accounting ensures a high-paying job.

“Business” is a ticket to an entry level sales position.

+1. My finance major just added an accounting double major, in part for security.

+ 1. My son is finance concentration but many people are telling him to major in accounting (he’s a freshman) because it’s easier to start with an accounting job and then branch into finance later on, but not so easy the other way around.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Accounting ensures a high-paying job.

“Business” is a ticket to an entry level sales position.

+1. My finance major just added an accounting double major, in part for security.

+ 1. My son is finance concentration but many people are telling him to major in accounting (he’s a freshman) because it’s easier to start with an accounting job and then branch into finance later on, but not so easy the other way around.

I would agree, my son applied to only to big4, he got 4 interviews and 3 offers, he has good grades, but not perfect. Interned over the summer, received a return offer. Will start at b4 in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/6/

2024 FINAL RANK
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 100.00 2
2 University of Southern California (Marshall) 95.84 -1
3 Georgetown University (McDonough) 95.50 -1
4 University of Virginia (McIntire) 94.36 0
5 University of Michigan (Ross) 93.59 3
6 Cornell University (Dyson SC John) 93.56 0
7 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 92.03 -2
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 91.38 2
9 New York University (Stern) 90.81 -2
10 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 89.08 1
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 88.90 -2
12 Villanova University 86.40 2
13 Emory University (Goizueta) 86.38 0
14 Indiana University (Kelley) 84.56 2
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 84.06 -3
16 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 83.21 -1
17 Boston University (Questrom) 82.60 0
18 University of Richmond (Robins) 81.36 0
19 University of Washington (Foster) 80.68 5
20 Bucknell University (Freeman) 80.53 -1
21 Fordham University (Gabelli) 80.36 -1
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 79.97 6
23 Lehigh University 79.85 4
24 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 79.52 1
25 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 79.07 -4
26 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 78.42 -3
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 78.40 -5
28 Binghamton University 78.39 -2
29 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 78.19 17
30 University of Pittsburgh 77.97 0
31 Tulane University (Freeman) 76.73 0
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 76.58 -3
33 Wake Forest University 76.55 10
34 Texas A&M University (Mays) 75.10 2
35 University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) 74.85 14
36 Syracuse University (Whitman) 74.14 -2
37 Providence College 73.64 0
38 Hult International Business School 73.23 -6
39 Loyola Marymount University 73.13 NR
40 Elon University (Love) 72.21 -1
41 University of Houston (Bauer) 72.14 -6
42 Florida Southern College 71.63 2
43 Lipscomb University 71.46 -2
44 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 71.23 -4
45 University of Denver (Daniels) 70.97 -7
46 Miami University (Farmer) 70.84 -13
47 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 70.67 1
48 William & Mary (Mason) 70.55 20
49 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 69.84 7
50 St. John’s University (Tobin) 69.42 1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless someone is razor focused on business and can get into Wharton, business is a very limiting major for undergrad.

No it’s not. Ridiculous.

I would say Accounting is the exception to this- And it really doesn't matter where you get an accounting degree. It is more important to have good grades and are able to pass the CPA.

Accounting, finance, analytics, MIS, etc.

general management or marketing are weaker.

Overall business majors are harder to get in and much better outcomes except for CS/Engineering.

Old timers please stop posting.

+1

Old timers is fine, but not old timers who are not with the times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/6/

2024 FINAL RANK
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 100.00 2
2 University of Southern California (Marshall) 95.84 -1
3 Georgetown University (McDonough) 95.50 -1
4 University of Virginia (McIntire) 94.36 0
5 University of Michigan (Ross) 93.59 3
6 Cornell University (Dyson SC John) 93.56 0
7 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 92.03 -2
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 91.38 2
9 New York University (Stern) 90.81 -2
10 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 89.08 1
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 88.90 -2
12 Villanova University 86.40 2
13 Emory University (Goizueta) 86.38 0
14 Indiana University (Kelley) 84.56 2
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 84.06 -3
16 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 83.21 -1
17 Boston University (Questrom) 82.60 0
18 University of Richmond (Robins) 81.36 0
19 University of Washington (Foster) 80.68 5
20 Bucknell University (Freeman) 80.53 -1
21 Fordham University (Gabelli) 80.36 -1
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 79.97 6
23 Lehigh University 79.85 4
24 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 79.52 1
25 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 79.07 -4
26 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 78.42 -3
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 78.40 -5
28 Binghamton University 78.39 -2
29 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 78.19 17
30 University of Pittsburgh 77.97 0
31 Tulane University (Freeman) 76.73 0
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 76.58 -3
33 Wake Forest University 76.55 10
34 Texas A&M University (Mays) 75.10 2
35 University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) 74.85 14
36 Syracuse University (Whitman) 74.14 -2
37 Providence College 73.64 0
38 Hult International Business School 73.23 -6
39 Loyola Marymount University 73.13 NR
40 Elon University (Love) 72.21 -1
41 University of Houston (Bauer) 72.14 -6
42 Florida Southern College 71.63 2
43 Lipscomb University 71.46 -2
44 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 71.23 -4
45 University of Denver (Daniels) 70.97 -7
46 Miami University (Farmer) 70.84 -13
47 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 70.67 1
48 William & Mary (Mason) 70.55 20
49 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 69.84 7
50 St. John’s University (Tobin) 69.42 1

How did UGA-Terry not make this list?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/6/

2024 FINAL RANK
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 100.00 2
2 University of Southern California (Marshall) 95.84 -1
3 Georgetown University (McDonough) 95.50 -1
4 University of Virginia (McIntire) 94.36 0
5 University of Michigan (Ross) 93.59 3
6 Cornell University (Dyson SC John) 93.56 0
7 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 92.03 -2
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 91.38 2
9 New York University (Stern) 90.81 -2
10 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 89.08 1
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 88.90 -2
12 Villanova University 86.40 2
13 Emory University (Goizueta) 86.38 0
14 Indiana University (Kelley) 84.56 2
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 84.06 -3
16 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 83.21 -1
17 Boston University (Questrom) 82.60 0
18 University of Richmond (Robins) 81.36 0
19 University of Washington (Foster) 80.68 5
20 Bucknell University (Freeman) 80.53 -1
21 Fordham University (Gabelli) 80.36 -1
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 79.97 6
23 Lehigh University 79.85 4
24 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 79.52 1
25 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 79.07 -4
26 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 78.42 -3
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 78.40 -5
28 Binghamton University 78.39 -2
29 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 78.19 17
30 University of Pittsburgh 77.97 0
31 Tulane University (Freeman) 76.73 0
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 76.58 -3
33 Wake Forest University 76.55 10
34 Texas A&M University (Mays) 75.10 2
35 University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) 74.85 14
36 Syracuse University (Whitman) 74.14 -2
37 Providence College 73.64 0
38 Hult International Business School 73.23 -6
39 Loyola Marymount University 73.13 NR
40 Elon University (Love) 72.21 -1
41 University of Houston (Bauer) 72.14 -6
42 Florida Southern College 71.63 2
43 Lipscomb University 71.46 -2
44 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 71.23 -4
45 University of Denver (Daniels) 70.97 -7
46 Miami University (Farmer) 70.84 -13
47 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 70.67 1
48 William & Mary (Mason) 70.55 20
49 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 69.84 7
50 St. John’s University (Tobin) 69.42 1

How did UGA-Terry not make this list?

Looks like Maryland didn’t make the cut either.

[Anonymous]

That list has some odd entries

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/6/

2024 FINAL RANK
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 100.00 2
2 University of Southern California (Marshall) 95.84 -1
3 Georgetown University (McDonough) 95.50 -1
4 University of Virginia (McIntire) 94.36 0
5 University of Michigan (Ross) 93.59 3
6 Cornell University (Dyson SC John) 93.56 0
7 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 92.03 -2
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 91.38 2
9 New York University (Stern) 90.81 -2
10 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 89.08 1
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 88.90 -2
12 Villanova University 86.40 2
13 Emory University (Goizueta) 86.38 0
14 Indiana University (Kelley) 84.56 2
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 84.06 -3
16 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 83.21 -1
17 Boston University (Questrom) 82.60 0
18 University of Richmond (Robins) 81.36 0
19 University of Washington (Foster) 80.68 5
20 Bucknell University (Freeman) 80.53 -1
21 Fordham University (Gabelli) 80.36 -1
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 79.97 6
23 Lehigh University 79.85 4
24 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 79.52 1
25 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 79.07 -4
26 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 78.42 -3
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 78.40 -5
28 Binghamton University 78.39 -2
29 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 78.19 17
30 University of Pittsburgh 77.97 0
31 Tulane University (Freeman) 76.73 0
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 76.58 -3
33 Wake Forest University 76.55 10
34 Texas A&M University (Mays) 75.10 2
35 University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) 74.85 14
36 Syracuse University (Whitman) 74.14 -2
37 Providence College 73.64 0
38 Hult International Business School 73.23 -6
39 Loyola Marymount University 73.13 NR
40 Elon University (Love) 72.21 -1
41 University of Houston (Bauer) 72.14 -6
42 Florida Southern College 71.63 2
43 Lipscomb University 71.46 -2
44 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 71.23 -4
45 University of Denver (Daniels) 70.97 -7
46 Miami University (Farmer) 70.84 -13
47 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 70.67 1
48 William & Mary (Mason) 70.55 20
49 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 69.84 7
50 St. John’s University (Tobin) 69.42 1

How did UGA-Terry not make this list?

It made the list

#64 - University of Georgia (Terry)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/6/

2024 FINAL RANK
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 100.00 2
2 University of Southern California (Marshall) 95.84 -1
3 Georgetown University (McDonough) 95.50 -1
4 University of Virginia (McIntire) 94.36 0
5 University of Michigan (Ross) 93.59 3
6 Cornell University (Dyson SC John) 93.56 0
7 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 92.03 -2
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 91.38 2
9 New York University (Stern) 90.81 -2
10 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 89.08 1
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 88.90 -2
12 Villanova University 86.40 2
13 Emory University (Goizueta) 86.38 0
14 Indiana University (Kelley) 84.56 2
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 84.06 -3
16 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 83.21 -1
17 Boston University (Questrom) 82.60 0
18 University of Richmond (Robins) 81.36 0
19 University of Washington (Foster) 80.68 5
20 Bucknell University (Freeman) 80.53 -1
21 Fordham University (Gabelli) 80.36 -1
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 79.97 6
23 Lehigh University 79.85 4
24 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 79.52 1
25 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 79.07 -4
26 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 78.42 -3
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 78.40 -5
28 Binghamton University 78.39 -2
29 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 78.19 17
30 University of Pittsburgh 77.97 0
31 Tulane University (Freeman) 76.73 0
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 76.58 -3
33 Wake Forest University 76.55 10
34 Texas A&M University (Mays) 75.10 2
35 University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) 74.85 14
36 Syracuse University (Whitman) 74.14 -2
37 Providence College 73.64 0
38 Hult International Business School 73.23 -6
39 Loyola Marymount University 73.13 NR
40 Elon University (Love) 72.21 -1
41 University of Houston (Bauer) 72.14 -6
42 Florida Southern College 71.63 2
43 Lipscomb University 71.46 -2
44 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 71.23 -4
45 University of Denver (Daniels) 70.97 -7
46 Miami University (Farmer) 70.84 -13
47 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 70.67 1
48 William & Mary (Mason) 70.55 20
49 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 69.84 7
50 St. John’s University (Tobin) 69.42 1

How did UGA-Terry not make this list?

Looks like Maryland didn’t make the cut either.

I believe some schools refused to provide data and opted out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools Of 2024

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2024/6/

2024 FINAL RANK
1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 100.00 2
2 University of Southern California (Marshall) 95.84 -1
3 Georgetown University (McDonough) 95.50 -1
4 University of Virginia (McIntire) 94.36 0
5 University of Michigan (Ross) 93.59 3
6 Cornell University (Dyson SC John) 93.56 0
7 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 92.03 -2
8 University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) 91.38 2
9 New York University (Stern) 90.81 -2
10 Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) 89.08 1
11 Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 88.90 -2
12 Villanova University 86.40 2
13 Emory University (Goizueta) 86.38 0
14 Indiana University (Kelley) 84.56 2
15 University of Illinois (Gies) 84.06 -3
16 Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) 83.21 -1
17 Boston University (Questrom) 82.60 0
18 University of Richmond (Robins) 81.36 0
19 University of Washington (Foster) 80.68 5
20 Bucknell University (Freeman) 80.53 -1
21 Fordham University (Gabelli) 80.36 -1
22 University of Miami (Herbert) 79.97 6
23 Lehigh University 79.85 4
24 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 79.52 1
25 Texas Christian University (Neeley) 79.07 -4
26 Southern Methodist University (Cox) 78.42 -3
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 78.40 -5
28 Binghamton University 78.39 -2
29 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 78.19 17
30 University of Pittsburgh 77.97 0
31 Tulane University (Freeman) 76.73 0
32 Purdue University (Daniels) 76.58 -3
33 Wake Forest University 76.55 10
34 Texas A&M University (Mays) 75.10 2
35 University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Haslam) 74.85 14
36 Syracuse University (Whitman) 74.14 -2
37 Providence College 73.64 0
38 Hult International Business School 73.23 -6
39 Loyola Marymount University 73.13 NR
40 Elon University (Love) 72.21 -1
41 University of Houston (Bauer) 72.14 -6
42 Florida Southern College 71.63 2
43 Lipscomb University 71.46 -2
44 Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick 71.23 -4
45 University of Denver (Daniels) 70.97 -7
46 Miami University (Farmer) 70.84 -13
47 University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) 70.67 1
48 William & Mary (Mason) 70.55 20
49 Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) 69.84 7
50 St. John’s University (Tobin) 69.42 1

How did UGA-Terry not make this list?

The site is garbage that's why. USC over Stern and Cornell should say it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That list has some odd entries

It's in part based on responses to surveys, so that would skew any results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Babson

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Unless someone is razor focused on business and can get into Wharton, business is a very limiting major for undergrad.

Wharton or nothing ... lol

At many universities, business is a very easy major and many of the so-called "athletes" major in business. In this major, It comes down to "connections". In other words, it is about "who you know". It is very hard to get a good paying job with a business major unless you have "connections". I am sure you will see folks jump in here and say that they get good paying jobs without hooks but those are exceptions rather than the rule.

You are either very old or tremendously misinformed. Most businesses schools are harder admit.

I never had any women or male athletes in my accounting or finance classes.

+1. Other PP what is your source? You are spouting nonsense, and trying to derail the thread. Just stop.

[Anonymous]

If you really need a ranking list (you should not, you should be doing better research yourself, as a parent), then this is the most reliable on this thread, thus far, OP. I speak from experience.

https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/fine-business-programs-at-small-medium-sized-colleges/123/