<p>I wanna major in business marketing and either minor/double major in communications..</p>
<p>If not, I would definitely love to study communications at Northwestern as an undergrad and start studying business at Kelloggs...but that's just a dream.....</p>
<p>Emory seems like the perfect match, but I would like to be open to more options.
And I've been hearing that most don't start on studying business as an undergrad..?
They would study economics, mass communications, or anything else that goes well with business...
bleh so confused!</p>
<p>Please post your suggestions!
Thanks (:</p>
<p>Hmmm…it’s always been my impression that unless you attend a university with a top undergraduate business school like Penn, MIT, NYU, etc. that an undergraduate business degree is pretty much not worth it. Having said that, Emory does have a very good undergrad b-school, but not quite Wharton-caliber. I just think that getting a solid undergrad education in something like economics or communication, english or history - really whatever you prefer will get you much further than a business degree as an undergraduate (with certain exceptions already noted). In my experience, most of the people getting a business degree don’t really know what they want to do, and a degree in “business” is so generic that it fits with their generic interests. I feel that doing well as an undergrad and then pursuing an MBA from a top school is the best option for future job prospects except if you went to Sloan or something. That is why most of the top schools (although many public schools do) don’t offer a business major. That’s my two cents on the subject, but some people may beg to differ. But communications and economics are great ideas for majors if you want to pursue an MBA. Engineers often get MBAs as well for many of the same reasons.</p>
<p>UNC has a great undergraduate business school as well as a top-5 undergraduate communications school. Definitely worth looking into.</p>
<p>USC.
Great business and great communication departments.</p>
<p>UT Austin is a solid choice, too</p>
<p>Wisconsin has the top communications school in the US and a top 15 undergrad B school. And it certainly is worth attending any Top 50 or so undergrad business school assuming Wharton is not an option. You still get good job opportunities–even in this BAD economy. The average starting salary this year for Wisconsin business undergrads was $52,000 with most going to the much lower COL cities of Chicago, Wisconsin, and other midwest cities than the big cities of the coasts.</p>
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<p>That’s a pretty bold statement, barrons. I know communications programs aren’t ranked too frequently, but when they are, Northwestern, Mizzou, and Syracuse usually make up the top three. After that it is pretty much a tossup.</p>
<p>Just updated the rankings. Yes it’s graduate but that’s just what they usually rank in such things. It certainly is one of the best for undergrads.</p>
<p>[UW-Madison?s</a> joint mass communication degree ranked top in nation (July 23, 2010)](<a href=“http://www.news.wisc.edu/18250]UW-Madison?s”>UW-Madison’s joint mass communication degree ranked top in nation)</p>
<p>Ok, that explains the discrepancy then. Undergraduate j-school rankings are hard to come by, but like I said the top three typically tend to be the ones I listed earlier. It would be great if undergraduate programs were ranked more often.</p>