Arizona vs. ASU for business or PoliSci

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was wondering which school would be better for these two majors, but more specifically business. I'd also be in the honors college at both schools, and I've heard ASU's is better but I'm not sure. Which would look better outside of Arizona. For jobs, is it basically what city do you like better, Phoenix or Tucson? Any ties in Southern California</p>

<p>I've heard they are about the same for merit money for OOS, but does anyone have experience with either school.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>E: Which campus do you think is nicer? I've been to both, but don't remember much, lol.</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>I would definitely say that ASU is better, Arizona is terrible for giving out financial aid but ASU isn't that much better. I'd say that life at both campuses are about the same. Phoenix is definitely a better city. In terms of academics, ASU is better but be warned, both are pretty impersonal. ASU also has a slightly better business school</p>

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<p>bump...anyone else?</p>

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<p>"ASU also has a slightly better business school"</p>

<p>Not so at the MBA level....</p>

<p>Sort by Rank | Name<br>
1 Harvard University
Boston, MA
Score 100 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$41,900 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)1,808 Distance Enter your zip<br>
1 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Score 100 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$45,921 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)741 Distance Enter your zip<br>
3 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Philadelphia, PA
Score 95 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$41,950 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)1,620 Distance Enter your zip<br>
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Cambridge, MA
Score 93 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$44,556 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)770 Distance Enter your zip<br>
4 Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Evanston, IL
Score 93 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$43,935 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)1,194 Distance Enter your zip<br>
4 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Score 93 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$44,500 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)1,117 Distance Enter your zip<br>
7 Dartmouth College (Tuck)
Hanover, NH
Score 89 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$42,990 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)500 Distance Enter your zip<br>
7 University of California--Berkeley (Haas)
Berkeley, CA
Score 89 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$37,949 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)504 Distance Enter your zip<br>
9 Columbia University
New York, NY
Score 88 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$43,436 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)1,226 Distance Enter your zip<br>
10 New York University (Stern)
New York, NY
Score 84 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$39,800 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)839 Distance Enter your zip<br>
11 University of California--Los Angeles (Anderson)
Los Angeles, CA
Score 83 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$37,286 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)721 Distance Enter your zip<br>
12 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (Ross)
Ann Arbor, MI
Score 82 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$43,100 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)838 Distance Enter your zip<br>
13 Yale University
New Haven, CT
Score 80 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$42,000 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)395 Distance Enter your zip<br>
14 Cornell University (Johnson)
Ithaca, NY
Score 79 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$42,700 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)609 Distance Enter your zip<br>
14 Duke University (Fuqua)
Durham, NC
Score 79 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$41,670 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)838 Distance Enter your zip<br>
14 University of Virginia (Darden)
Charlottesville, VA
Score 79 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$42,500 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)651 Distance Enter your zip<br>
17 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
Pittsburgh, PA
Score 77 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$45,250 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)319 Distance Enter your zip<br>
18 University of Texas--Austin (McCombs)
Austin, TX
Score 74 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$37,222 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)517 Distance Enter your zip<br>
19 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Chapel Hill, NC
Score 72 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$36,749 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)568 Distance Enter your zip<br>
20 Indiana University--Bloomington (Kelley)
Bloomington, IN
Score 71 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$33,414 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)444 Distance Enter your zip<br>
21 University of Southern California (Marshall)
Los Angeles, CA
Score 70 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$39,250 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)458 Distance Enter your zip<br>
22 Arizona State University (Carey)
Tempe, AZ
Score 69 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition (full-time)$28,070 2007 Total graduate business enrollment (full-time)168</p>

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<p>Arizona is actually not that bad about cost for out of state students from what I've heard from the out-of-state students who attend. I've also heard that Arizona is a lot better than ASU in acedemics. ASU is veiwed to be somewhat a "slacker school".</p>

<p>But alas, my sources may be biased because everyone I know attends Arizona.</p>

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<p>The ASU honors college is generally better. Next year, brand new honors dorms will open (dining hall, gym, classrooms, courtyards, sport courts, etc) exclusively for honors students. Priority registration, small classes, etc.</p>

<p>The UofA honors college is less rigorous, and all my friends say it is not the community they expected it to be. </p>

<p>I go to Tucson every now and then, and it is nothing like Tempe. Tempe is amazing, always something going on, great for college students. Tucson is scary, and students really only stay on campus. Tempe is close to phoenix and scottsdale. The light rail station on the tempe campus just opened, connecting it to downtown Phoenix. Students ride for free. I love it. In my opinion, the ASU business school seems more connected to post-graduation career prospects because of its location. Internships are easier to have during the academic year there because of its close proximity to businesses in local cities. I am biased though. </p>

<p>ASU does have a slacker status, but if you choose the right people to be around and challenge yourself, you won't notice much.</p>

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<p>I will be a political science major next year, and after a lot of research, I decided that Arizona is better for that major. The U of A is very solid in academics and ASU is readily referred to as a giant community college. The business program is slightly better at ASU, I have heard from parents and students. The honors colleges are very different, but both are good. At Barrett, you have to create “contracts” with professors, but you get to go to Human Event classes. Honors at U of A contains more classes that are only honors students. Tucson is a very cool city, but around both campuses there is a kind of ghetto. ASU is better with finaid, I got a lot more money from them.</p>

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<p>UA is academically better than ASU at almost everything except the honors college.</p>

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<p>Yep Tucson is scary, scary nice…</p>