<p>Is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign considered a good school? How is it’s business school viewed, particularly for finance?</p>
<p>Also, how would it be considered against schools like Northwestern or NYU? While those are higher in the general rankings, neither seems as reputable as Harvard or Princeton.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for any advice/opinions!</p>
<p>It’s a very good school. I would’ve applied and went there if I had the money</p>
<p>its very good for business and engineering, but outside of those two areas its ok. Trust me, I have plenty of friends who go there, and a sibling that applied</p>
<p>UIUC is an excellent, top 10, public university. It’s primary strengths are Engineering and the Sciences. It is ranked in or around the top 5 in Engineering, Chemistry and Phsyics. But the UIUC is also strong in many other fields. Business (particularly in Accounting), Psychology and many other departments are also highly regarded.</p>
<p>Does it also offer masters in Information Technology? stuckinillinois, you seem to know much about UIUC. Please help</p>
<p>Master’s in Information Technology is a very loaded term. Can you be MUCH more specific? Are you talking about Computer Science (usually part of the college of Arts and Sciences), MBA (MIS), Engineering (Network Engineering)?</p>
<p>jenni,
U of I is a very good state university with a lot of very talented students on its campus. However, its finance program is not well-known nor targeted by most employers for companies located outside of the Midwest. </p>
<p>In Chicagoland and throughout Illinois, good U of I business school grads can compete effectively with students from other top universities, Midwestern and otherwise, including Northwestern, Notre Dame, Wash U, U Michigan, U Wisconsin and virtually whatever non-Midwestern college you want to compare with. However, if a job in finance in NYC/Wall Street is your goal, you will likely be at a recruiting disadvantage to those from Northwestern (perceived as having stronger students) and NYU (biggest advantage is location).</p>
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U of I is a very good university.</p>
<p>Quit perpetuating the stereotype of a two tier system in higher education.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s a very good university.</p>
<p>Yeah I think it’s a good university, but mainly goes for instate students. I mean if your a instate student, look into it. Though out of state, environment may not be too welcoming. I mean about 95% of the students are instate, really haven’t seen a university ranked such, like that.</p>
<p>Suze Orman went there…</p>
<p>Love her!!!</p>
<p>Who is hiring in NYC anyway? Nobody much. Hard to say what 4 years will bring. Maybe they will finally learn that the best and brightest were pretty much idiots with no common sense.</p>
<p>coolbreeze, you should check your stats. While Illinois shows preferential treatment to in-state residents (most state universities do), it is not that unbalanced. In fact, it has been under fire from many in-state students as it is not showing as much preferential treatment to in-state as it used to. plus it is approximately 25,000 for an instate student to go there. i live in illinois and could go to another state and get a better price.</p>
<p>But to reply to the question, it is one of the best public schools in the midwest, top-ten in the country. Really good engineering, sciences, and buisness.</p>
<p>Excellent school. I agree its strengths are engineering, sciences, and business, but don’t overlook the social sciences and humanities. Its faculties in English, History, and Poli Sci are all ranked in the top 25 nationally. It also attracts very good students. I’d say its downsides are high student-faculty ratio (at 17:1 notably higher than UC Berkeley, Michigan, or Wisconsin; among these schools it has both the largest student body and the smallest faculty) which leads to larger class sizes and more teaching by grad students than at the schools with which it’s directly competing. (According to US News, 27% of sections taught by TAs v. 14% at Michigan and 22% at Wisconsin). But for an Illinois resident it’s a good deal cheaper than Michigan or Wisconsin OOS, overall competitive with Wisconsin academically though less strong in social sciences and humanities, and arguably the best of the three in engineering. </p>
<p>As between UIUC and Northwestern, I’d say Northwestern has the advantage of better s/f ratio, smaller classes, less teaching by grad students, stronger student body, and a stronger faculty overall (though not in sciences & engineering). But for a lot of cross-admits it may come down to cost. With better FA, Northwestern may actually be cheaper for many, though UIUC will definitely be cheaper for those who are full-pays (or close to it) at both schools.</p>
<p>A good chunk of U of I students can compete with students from the top schools, but I find that generally, their upbringing didn’t position them well for admission into these schools.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “their upbringing”?</p>
<p>Obviously they were ill-mannered and did not sip their tea with an extended pinky and were thus destined for public school.</p>
<p>As a lifelong Illinoisan, UIUC demands the respect of everyone in the state. If in casual conversation you say you’re going to the U of I, folks will assume you’re a relatively sharp kid. If you’re in-state it’s a good deal.</p>
<p>I have all sorts of friends there, and I know some graduates and they are all very proud to have been Illini.</p>
<p>I’m actually leaning towards UIUC myself, feel free to PM me if you have any other questions.</p>