<p>okay first of all
for a school that accepts a STAGGERING 92% of their applicants
I constantly hear they have a strong business program?</p>
<p>is this true?
and how do they rank against other schools such as UC's
some liberal arts and etc.</p>
<p>In some rankings I found them in the top 20 business programs
and in others their not even in the top 50</p>
<p>really confused right now</p>
<p>would appreciate some responses
thank you so much!</p>
<p>i spelled business
wrong</p>
<p>relax lol</p>
<p>ASU is a good 2nd tier school. If I had to compare it to the Cal schools, I would say that it’s better than the Cal Sate schools, but it’s not as good as the top UC schools (UCLA, UCB, UCSD). ASU business compares with Irvine and Davis. If you want it compared to other schools, you need to list which ones.</p>
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<p>There are two types of students: students that care about their education and career and students that care about getting into the most exclusive schools so that they can feel superior to others. The former group looks at things like salaries, visibility in certain fields, and rankings. The latter looks at the admission rate and ACT/SAT requirements.</p>
<p>There are a lot of rankings out there, but the US News specialization rankings (the ones that rank top 10 finance, accounting, marketing, etc.) are the ones that are most reflective of where the good professors want to teach and the recruiters for the good jobs want to hire. You can only see the top 10 on their site for free, and I’m not going to dig up the entire rankings for you to find how far down ASU stands, so you’ll have to do that on your own. Btw, finance, accounting and marketing are probably the ones you’ll want to pay the most attention to as well & in that order.</p>
<p>Business Week Ranking:
63 University of Arizona (Eller)
72 Arizona State University (Carey)</p>
<p>Comment from a graduate on biz-week, regarding ASU</p>
<p>“I hate my school. It is way too over crowded. Even as a senior I am stuck in huge lecture hall classes. I am not a bad student, I have had 4.0s and I have been on the Dean’s List. This school has some major problems and I would advise anyone to avoid this school for at least the next five years. With huge budget cuts because of the financial crisis, they have no where to go but down”</p>
<p>Also</p>
<p>“Looking back on my decision I probably would not go to Arizona State University if I knew I wanted to be in Investment Management. The business school is too big and admissions lets anyone under the sun attend to boost numbers, which significantly detracts from the quality of education. Big classes, poor class availability, and under-qualified professors do not help the academic environment. If I were a senior in high school again I would make sure that I went to a university that was in a state not having budget issues because it significantly detracts from the quality of education.”</p>
<p>There are a few positive comments, that you can read at: [Arizona</a> State University: Undergraduate Profile ? BusinessWeek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>Thank you for all the replies.</p>
<p>I am applying to schools such as Occidental, Pepperdine, McGill, UoT so should I waste 50 bucks to apply to this school as a safety?</p>
<p>I know alot of people say if you don’t graduate from a top tier school, finding a good job in the department of accounting is near or flat out impossible.</p>
<p>So what im trying to say is, even if I work my butt off, does graduating from ASU (business department) doom me to a life of hardship and rejections lol?</p>
<p>ASU is more of a regional school. Would you care to work/live in that region after graduation?</p>