<p>Hi, I am majoring in finance.</p>
<p>I would like to know which school is overall better?</p>
<p>Which offers better education?</p>
<p>Which has a good employment rate after graduation?</p>
<p>Which school has students getting recruited at top firms?</p>
<p>OPINIONS PLEASE!</p>
<p>Fordham overall the best. Barugh and Fordham equal for getting employment.</p>
<p>Thanks, more opinions please!</p>
<p>Bump!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Fordham costs you $160k more than Baruch. You could put a downpayment on an apt. in New York for that, or have a nest egg for your first business. Or pay for your MBA. Or take lots of unpaid internships. </p>
<p>No comparison.</p>
<p>So baruch then. lol</p>
<p>any opinions on rutgers ??</p>
<p>rutgers NB has a very good business school. i remember seeing it on businessweeks top 50 list. would dfiently give you good options within NJ/NY and would be much cheaper for a fwellow nj resident like yoU!</p>
<p>Ignore mini. </p>
<p>Fordham is a HUGELY respected school in the Greater New York area and a growing national reputation for character, integrity and a very solid well rounded education, whether that be in Finance or Liberal Arts. It has incredible internships available. It is reasonably generous with financial aid and offers many scholarships to kids with high stats. Its MBA program has a campus in Beijing. It has a London Campus now at the University of London (the Jesuit House), and its graduates find outstanding jobs or get into the best graduate and professional schools. Its a gorgeous campus (Rose Hill) with a very active student life, offering the classic college campus experience coupled with a New York experience. Great sports. I could not recommend it higher.</p>
<p>I dont trash other schools or do put downs by comparison. I would visit all three campuses and make your own decision based on what your needs and fit characteristics may be.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>If cost is a big issue, Baruch would be your best deal. Fordham tuition, if you commute would be about $28K per year, which s comes to about $120K over 4 years. Baruch probably costs about $5K a year in tuitions, which comes to a $100k difference over 4 years. The question comes down to whether you can afford the differential, and if it is worth it to you and your family. Fordham has its amenities in terms of being more of a traditional university experience, more cohesive of a community, comraderie. You are with more traditional students there, and kids from different geographics as well. </p>
<p>If you are a NYer, then Rutgers would be an expensive option for you. THere are a number of different campuses at Rutgers, and it is a large school. The choices are very different for that reason. I agree that you should visit, if you have the financial choices to decide among the three schools. Also, you may get some merit money which can also make a big impact on your decision. My son got $20K from Fordham, and was in the running for a full ride including summer experience and pc at Lehman college. If he commuted, as a friend of ours D is now doing, it would have been possible that Fordham could have come to $8200 in cost, something very manageable to us. Had we not been able to afford that, the Lehman possibility would have been golden. Baruch, Lehman, even without the grants are a little more than half of what Fordham with all its awards would have cost, again something to think about. </p>
<p>My hairdresser and assistant each have a kid at one of the CUNYs. The kids commute and have part time jobs. It has not put a dent in the family finances even though the kids did not get any fin aid at all. They also are not borrowing any money. One wants to be a cop, the other an accountant. I think both will be making more money than my son will for some years after grad, and they will not have the loans, nor will the families be out a lot of money. However, in our family, we have encouraged choice and luxury in the college process. I only hope we can continue to pay for this.</p>
<p>Baruch has the largest alumni base, the largest base for in-term internships, the largest recruitment base, the largest number of varied course offerings and subspecialties, and the longest-standing reputation.</p>
<p>It also doesn't have a traditional campus or housing, or football (and not much in the way of sports), I don't think (but am not sure) there are fraternities or sororities, and virtually no oncampus drinking; and probably the smallest base of traditional liberal arts offerings.</p>
<p>It will cost you between $100k-$160k less. You might ask yourself, being a future finance major, what you expect to be buing with that money, and whether (relative to other uses of the same money) it is a good deal.</p>
<p>Its only a 100k differential in price if you DONT get any financial aid or scholarships, which is not likely. State schools are always cheaper. Its a question of what you want from your college experience and what sacrifices you (or your family) are willing to make. For some, cost is THE determining factor. Fine. No argument there if that is your situation. But IF you can afford a private school or flagship out of state school, then its a matter of personal choice and whether that school fits your needs and expectations for undergraduate college.</p>