<p>comparisons</p>
<p>Well, the certificate programs offer great opportunities for business-minded individuals, but Wharton is still Wharton… Further, it’s probably more difficult to get into the certificate programs while at Northwestern (you have to complete 7 prerequisite classes) than it is to get into Wharton right out of high school. At least with Wharton you’re guaranteed to be in the program, unlike the certificates at Northwestern.</p>
<p>they aren’t really comparable, the certificate program at northwestern is an honors program within the university, it’s a graduate-level certificate and isn’t directly comparable with an undergraduate degree from wharton.</p>
<p>that being said, the certificate program at northwestern is more selective, and higher-level than a wharton undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>but the size is ~50 for the Kellogg Certificate Program, and Wharton is 2300</p>
<p>100-ish for Northwestern: 50 for McCormick and 50 for Weinberg.</p>
<p>The certicate program is rather specialized–financial economics or managerial analytics. You are not gonna take courses like marketing, business law or bunch of other business fundamentals like you would at Wharton.</p>
<p>it’s also worth noting you can’t be directly accepted to the kellogg certificate program like you can to wharton</p>
<p>you have to apply to northwestern, get in, finish the pre-reqs, apply for the program, and then be accepted again.</p>
<p>NU’s certificate programs appear to be pretty quant-oriented. The math prereqs are all honors sequences (e.g. 4 quarters of honors calculus for engineering students). This seems to indicate the courses won’t be just typical undergrad finance courses.</p>