<p>I am an European student of Business Administration, and I’m planning to study for one year abroad. My university offers me these options to have an academic stay in the States.</p>
<p>Which one of them you think that would be the most recognised and best institution??
(taking also into account that i would like to work either in finance or consulting)</p>
<pre><code> Arizona State University (ASU)
Texas A & M University
University of Arkansas
University of Florida
Case Western Reserve University
University of California - Berkeley
University of California - Los Angeles
University of California - San Diego
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
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<p>Thank you very much for your attention!!!</p>
<p>Haas is known for MBA not necessarily for BBA. Check the rankings at “U.S. News and World Report” for undergraduate programs. It’s online. U.S. News is the unfortunate standard we all seem to live by.</p>
<p>[Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges)</p>
<p>Berkeley is still very well ranked in most specialties within business (specially in finance and management, which I think would be the best options to work in banking or consulting), isn’t it?</p>
<p>US News ranks Haas 2nd for undergrad business</p>
<p>UCB - is first choice
UCLA - they don’t offer a business program for undergrads, but is the second best academic institution on that list. They have something called Biz-Econ</p>
<p>The rest don’t matter.</p>
<h1>1 University of California - Berkeley</h1>
<p>This is the best one by a lot.</p>
<h1>2 University of California - Los Angeles</h1>
<p>They don’t have an undergraduate business program, but they do have a similar program that is pretty highly regarded, especially in Los Angeles.</p>
<h1>3 Texas A & M University</h1>
<p>If you have to choose top three choices, this is the third best of these for undergraduate business.</p>
<p>Here is probably the most accurate ranking of the best undergraduate business programs in the US:
[Best</a> Undergraduate Business Programs - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-business]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-business)</p>
<p>These are the best for finance:
[Undergraduate</a> business specialties: Finance - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-finance]Undergraduate”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-finance)</p>
<p>Either ranking is good for consulting.</p>
<p>Tortfeasor clearly doesn’t know anything about undergrad b programs, or MBA programs for that matter. Haas is specifically known for having the best undergrad b program in the west coast, second best in the country behind Wharton. While Haas is still great for MBA, its reputation is nowhere near that of its ungrad program.</p>
<p>The real answer is:</p>
<p>It depends. Where do you want to work after? In some cities the regional schools are held in just as high regard at the “top” schools.</p>
<p>I clearly know nothing about business school rankings because as a business person I clearly prefer value over fluff. If you’re going to work in London then you should ask business people in London which has the best reputation. Also take a look around where do all of the top managers in your preferred location come from if they come from overseas?</p>
<p>The only real question people are going to ask you of the experience is: What did you learn? If you go through all of the this trouble to get to Haas and learn nothing appropriate to your purposes, then all you show is that you make poor business decisions. I wouldn’t hire anyone so wishy-washy.</p>
<p>Your university chose those schools for a reason. They may have specialties or professors that apply to your program and appeal to your future employers. You should ask why those schools, and try to determine which one specialises in your chosen field.</p>
<p>By general reputation (as others have stated) Haas, UCLA and I would add Case. The mix of schools is interesting and raises the possibility that they were selected in part because of acceptable business courses/faculty but also because of strength in other areas. An example might be Texas A&M which is strong in engineering and especially petroleum/energy, civil and probably other areas. Some engineering schools also have faculty that are involved in financial engineering and/or project management which can be quite useful as well. Alternatively, one could select based on sunshine, golf course availability, beaches, art museums and come up with some useful contrasts. Good luck.</p>
<p>Berkeley is by far the best undergrad b-school on here. They are 3rd on US News only trailing MIT Sloan and Wharton.</p>
<p>Berkeley is hands down the best business choice out of your list.
If for some reason you can’t do that one the next best is University of California - LA
All the other choices you should just ignore. I am going to be a business student and have extensively looked through top b-schools. Those others on the list are not considered that prestigious or advanced.</p>
<p>I really need an explanation here. I do understand that Berkeley has one of the best business schools in the country. My stepdad went there for business in the 1970s. I live about 80 miles east of Berkeley in Sacramento. I have been to Berkeley a countless number of times, and on campus for some of the football games and I have to ask, how in the hell does a school in the most anti-business city in the most anti-business state in the country have one of the best business schools in the country? </p>
<p>I know every program there is well respected, but how the hell does that work with the business program with the anti-business climate? You don’t even have to get out of the car in Berkeley to tell it is very much against business.</p>
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<p>Are you serious. San Fran is arguably the only city in California to have strong IBD/ high finance presence. Couple that with VC industry in NorCal and Tech business in Silicon Valley…</p>
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<p>You are obviously gonna study for only 1 year and not get jobs here in U.S. or graduate from any of the programs on your list. That said, I’d say where you go doesn’t matter. Go where you feel is the most exotic/fun and enjoy your 1 year of experience. </p>
<p>I would definitely cross out Case Western - it is in Cleveland and you don’t want to be there, trust me.</p>
<p>I would cross off Berkeley as well - it is not the most ‘fun’ place you can go for your study abroad.</p>
<p>That said, remember that U of Texas, U of Florida, and Arizona State U all have smoking beautiful women, wild parties, and crazy sports teams. If I were you, I would go to one of them and try to have some fun.</p>
<p>Haas is definitely the best. A&M is probably #2 because even though its rankings arent that strong, it is one of the strongest schools in the south, so recruiting is very active - many of the major financial institutions have their Latin america and energy groups based in Houston, so exit opportunities after undergrad are really good. </p>
<p>I agree with LazyKid that you also benefit from smoking hot women in Texas - A&M is in college station, which is an hour from Austin, which might be the best place in the world.</p>