| Northwestern def has lots more name recognition and networking in the business world than Emory. If you're looking to work in places like NYC or Chicago, NU def has huge advantage over Emory. Its Kellogg School is superb and top-ranked, and just recently NU has started to introduce a business certificate program in conjunction with its grad Kellogg School, which is pretty cool.
Honestly, I think Emory's business school is a bit overrated, and you're going to have a more difficult time looking for a job outside the Southeast. If you want to stay in Atlanta, then Emory obviously is the better choice over NU.
If I were you, I'd go with NU. Even though NU doesn't have an undergrad b-school, its econ department is phenomenal--only very slightly under UChicago's econ dept, which is the best in the nation.
Also, don't think for a second that you *need* to go to a school that has an undergrad b-school in order to succeed and go to a great business school--excellent schools like Princeton and Cornell, or LACs like Amherst and WIlliams, have INCREDIBLE placement rates despite the fact that none of them have an undergrad business school. One of America's top venture capitalists went to Rice for undergrad and Stanford for grad business school, and Rice definitely does not have an undergrad business school.
Just something to think about. |