Mid size schools with good business programs

Omniscient1
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:08:11 +0000

Firstly, what you tend to forget is there are nearly 1500 business programs in the country. 400 of them are AACSB accredited. If UConn business ranks #57 that is really good. Secondly, US News and world report is based soley on a survey that less than 50% of respondents reply to. If you have ever taken a stats class in college you will know that that is a poor survey. I mean one year they are #53 and the next #66! Come on! The MBA rankings for US News are a better indicator for business programs, but even that has its faults. Business Week is coming out with a ranking that will be much more accurate for undergrad business programs. I am even sure that will have its flaws. Example of flaws in most of these rankings:
Villanova has an awesome business program, but is ranked like number 90 in US News. Go to their website and go to career services and look at the firms that recruit there.
UConn’s business faculty are amongst the best in the world. A study performed by the North Texas University put their faculty in the top 50 in the nation.
If you go to a top say any 100 undergrad b-program, your school will have good recruiting. What you will eventually realize is that it is what you make of your college experience. Unless you go to an ivy, the curriculum for most of top 100 are basically the same. You need to learn to be humble. If you believe that your school is better then fine, but to say that another school is not good just to make yourself feel better and someone else feel bad makes you look really bad. Lastly, for some like myself who got into schools like GW and Syracuse for business, and couldn’t afford to go there have only UConn as an option.