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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go with CMU.

If you check out their job placement stats, CMU provides stronger national placement, especially in consulting, finance, and tech, with higher starting compensation. W&M offers slightly lower—but still very competitive—starting salaries, robust employment outcomes in consulting, finance, and government sectors, particularly in the Mid‑Atlantic region. If you’re targeting top-tier consulting or more national roles with high pay, CMU may offer a slight edge. Fewer folks outside VA are aware of what W&M is all about.

In terms of the business program itself, CMU is academically more rigorous with strong focus on mathematics, analytics, data science, and STEM integration; their curriculum can include calculus, programming, and econometrics with opportunities to double major/minor in CS, engineering, economics, etc. Depending on your DC’s interest or strength, this is always a powerful combo. On the other hand, W&M is more traditional business core with some analytics and data coursework, fewer high intensity STEM pairing.

Have also worked with and hired grads from both programs, they all do extremely well. And they live up to their reputations: CMU known for being “grinders” – hardworking, technical, competitive… W&M known for being smart, well-rounded. Have found W&M grads to be slightly more confident which some find to be arrogant.[/quote]

The comparison is W&L not W&M.

No offense…but if the kid was getting recruited by W&M, the kid would be going to W&M to play D1.[/quote]

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