<p>What's the best college for a business major?</p>
<p>Wharton </p>
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<p>I agree with JimmyC--and we could end the thread here, I suppose--but I should also point out that NYU Stern for undergraduate Finance is essentially the equivalent to Wharton for that major--and that both Stanford and Harvard Business Schools give Wharton a "run for the money" at the Graduate level in business and that Virginia's McIntire School is giving Wharton a "run for the money" at the undergraduate level in business.</p>
<p>Add to that UMichigan Ross and Cal Berkeley Haas. In my opinion - </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Wharton</p></li>
<li><p>Sloan (MIT)</p></li>
<li><p>Haas, Ross, Stern</p></li>
<li><p>McIntire, Kenan Flager (UNC)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>what about kellog =o</p>
<p>I am presuming we are talking about undergraduate
Kellogg is the GRADUATE business school of Northwestern University
i agree with MightyNick</p>
<p>Kellogg now has some kind of undergraduate certificate in finance, but it's just not a full business curriculum.</p>
<p>Yes, both Yale and Northwestern don't want to admit that they "messed up" by not offering business at the undergraduate level--so they've started offering these "business certificates" (both are offered in finance) in place of a full-blown business program.</p>
<p>The idea, of course, is to get their students the necessary finance training to make them competitive with students graduating from regular business programs, while still allowing them to have the "prestige" Yale and Northwestern diplomas upon graduation.</p>
<p>P.S. This is why Wharton ranks #1 (You get the full business program, plus the Ivy-league diploma from Penn)--and they teach you what you need to know to be successful. (This is why Cornell is also in the top 10).</p>
<p>lol funny that Businessweek ranked stern ahead of sloan</p>
<p>Not so unusual. This is what I keep trying to tell students: pick your school based upon what you plan to major in and not just based upon some "prestige" image put forth by tons and tons of money in "marketing campaigns"--and yes, I know NYU has put money into marketing their school also--but they've put a lot of additional money into hiring top professors in key areas (like business, film, economics, and musical theatre) that have really boosted the image of the school.</p>
<p>So-called "top schools" like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton will have top programs in lots of majors, but not in all of them--and even when a particular major may be good, it may not be as good as at another, lesser-known school. For example, Julliard has a much better music school, MIT, Georgia Tech UC Berkeley and Purdue all are better engineering schools, and Stanford and Univ of Chicago and UC San Diego all have better economics programs. And Duke and UC Santa Barbara have better chemistry programs. Plus, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton all lack an undergraduate business school, which is why business clubs and fraternities have become so popular at these schools in order to make up for the missing business education. </p>
<p>Don't get me wrong--overall the programs will be superior at these schools--but what good does that do you if you want to get the best instructor and researcher in your field? Personally, I'd rather be learning about neurobiology at John Hopkins or UC San Diego anyday than at a school like Harvard (if neurobiology were my major).</p>