<p>Would you generally use the US News Business grad school rankings as a list for undegrad as well? Obviously some of the ivies and Duke don't have undergrad business but as far as some of the public schools would it be a good reflection?</p>
<p>There are exceptions, but for the most part, it's close...but take NYU for example...it has a fantastic undergrad program, but is not as highly-regarded for grad.</p>
<p>I would say yes. </p>
<p>Michigan, generally considered to have the best Business program among state universities, is among the top 3 Business programs according to undergraduate rankings and anywhere between #5 and #10 at the graduate level. </p>
<p>Haas is generally ranked between #3 and #5 at the undergraduate level and between #10 and #15 at the graduate level. </p>
<p>UVA is among the top 5 or 6 at the undergraduate level and among the top 10-15 at the graduate level.</p>
<p>UNC, UTA and Indiana are generally ranked in the top 10 at the undergraduate level and among the top 20 at the graduate level.</p>
<p>Purdue, Illinois, Penn state, Michigan State, Ohio State, Maryland, Wisconsin and Washington are generally ranked between #11 and #25 at the undergraduate level and between #20 and #30 at the graduate level.</p>
<p>So, as you can see, the undergraduate rankings are pretty consistant with graduate rankings. And this is true not only with Business but accross all academic disciplines.</p>
<p>Of course, NYU is a MAJOR exception.</p>
<p>Alexandre,
Thanks for you help. I've been accepted in-state to Illinois, out of state to Indiana and most likely also Michigan and Maryland out of state. I'm interested in majoring in accounting. Where would you recommend going with money as a factor? Would it be better to go to somewhere where I've already been accepted to the business school (Indiana, Illinois) as opposed to Michigan where I may not necessarily get into the business school? WOuld Michigan be considered a big risk for me?</p>
<p>Last question, did you rank that last list of schools(Purdue, Illinois, etc...) in order of rank? Or is there not much of a difference between them?</p>
<p>Agh..so many questions.</p>
<p>Well, Indiana and Illinois have excellent B-schools and excellent overall reputations. Michigan is better, but it is riskier, since as you pointed out, you will not know for sure whether or not you will get into the Business school. To have a reasonable chance, you must maintain at least a 3.5 GPA while a student at the University of Michigan, which is not easy. </p>
<p>My advice to you is to pick the school which you like the most. At Michigan, you will have to work very hard to get into the B School, but I suspect you intend to work hard no matter where you go to school.</p>
<p>As for the last list of schools, I did not arrange them in any particular order. All the business schools in that last list are roughly of equal caliber...and all of them are highly respected.</p>
<p>I hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions. Best of luck.</p>
<p>You should also remember that a lot of schools offer MBA programs but have no undergrad program, that explain why many schools rank higher in undergraduate than graduate since there is more competition in graduate.</p>
<p>Nykchisox,
You want to major in accounting, right? If you are sure about that, UIUC should be your first choice. Accounting is the star program in the UIUC business school...it is ranked either #1 or #2. Michigan is right behind. But you are already accepted to the UIUC b-school so it is 'risk' free, and you are in-state...Why get in debt paying out-of-state tuition?</p>
<p>Michigan does have the BBA-Master Accounting program, and that is a plus. Not sure if UIUC has something similar.</p>