<p>can someone provide me a link of where i could find a list of the best undergrad colleges for different majors. I am interested in seeing the best colleges for business, engineering, and history. thanks a lot</p>
<p>Get a copy of Rugg's Recommendations. Your library probably has a copy.</p>
<p>I was really worried that the original message would say "What are the best schools in different majors" and nothing more. So many broad topics around here...</p>
<p>Sorry, I can't really help you. Apparently those who have the answers are still getting over the fact that their Bears lost to the Colts. Okay, maybe not. But damn it feels good to say that, and I'm not even a Colts fan.</p>
<p>Not many schools are good in all three of those majors. If you are flexible between Business and Econ and between History and Political Science, things open up significantly. </p>
<p>As it stands, here are schools that are tops in Business, Engineering and History. </p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University (I hear they are opening a Business school)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Political Science rather than History)
Northwestern University (they now have a Business program)
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>Like I said, if you are open to Econ as opposed to Business, things open up significantly.</p>
<p>for undergraduate, there is no such thing as department rankings. just make sure that the school offers the majors you are potentially interested in (i.e. dont apply to liberal arts schools if you are interested in business and engineering). also, dont make the mistake of reading graduate ranking lists and assuming that it corresponds with their undergraduate strength because that is frequently not the case.</p>
<p>For business and engineering, there are clearly different tiers of schools.</p>
<p>Ok, let’s look at some published data </p>
<p>1) Top-10 undergrad Eng. Schools (USNEWS)
1. MIT
2. Berkeley, Stanford
4. Caltech, UIUC
6 GT, Michigan
8 CMU, Purdue
10 Cornell</p>
<p>2) Top-10 Undergrad Business School(USNEWS)
1. UPenn
2. MIT
3. Berkeley, Michigan
5 NYU, UNC, UT-Austin
8 CMU
9 USC, UVA</p>
<p>Based on 1) & 2), and also utilizing the objective function with the appropriate weightings and constraints, the best undergrad schools for Eng. and Business are:</p>
<p>MIT-Berkeley-Michigan-CMU.</p>
<p>Some other, less selective universities to consider:</p>
<p>Boston University
Case Western Reserve University
George Washington University
Miami University: Oxford Campus
Michigan State Universtiy
Pepperdine Universtiy
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook
Stevens Institute of Technology
Syrcause University
Texas Tech University
University of Georgia
University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Pittsburgh
University of Washington</p>
<p>"Northwestern University (they now have a Business program)"</p>
<p>-No, it does not...</p>
<p>Then I wonder what all the press was about??</p>
<p>I think they're offering some certificates to start with? Maybe?</p>
<p>"I think they're offering some certificates to start with? Maybe?"</p>
<p>Indeed it is offering a certificate. This, however, is in no way a "business program". Moreover, there isn't even a real plan to develop a business program in the near future. I've personally met with administrators and discussed this issue, so I'm not too impressed by people telling me that they know more about it than I just because they read an article in the Daily....</p>
<p>"But Bienen said schools that do have undergraduate business programs, such as the University of Pennsylvania and Emory University, have an advantage in attracting students.</p>
<p>"A significant number of our trustees thought that we could compete with Wharton (School at University of Pennsylvania)," he said.</p>
<p>Are you saying the quote from several trustees that they want to compete with Wharton are incorrect? Won't that eventually indicate an expanded program?</p>
<p>"Won't that eventually indicate an expanded program?"</p>
<p>There is a huge difference in wanting to compete with other programs and wanting to establish a business program within the university. It should also be noted that while several trustees may want a business program, there are many who do not. If support for a business major were as strong as you'd like to believe, the program would have been established. This, however, is not the case.</p>
<p>The school is trying to get students who would otherwise go to business schools, period. If you look at the requirements for entering the program it is evident that there is an intention to get only the best and brightest in the math/econ/industrial engineering pool of undergraduates. Most people would still be math/econ/engineering majors before they are even allowed to enter the program to get a certificate. The very fact that the program is only open to 50 juniors and seniors tells me that there is some caution on the part of the administration, especially when there are hundreds of econ majors alone.</p>
<p>And, no offense to alma mater, but, I find it hard to believe that that many students would chose this certificate program over Wharton.</p>
<p>USc has very good undergrad programs in business AND engineering, but not so good in history.</p>
<p>"And, no offense to alma mater, but, I find it hard to believe that that many students would chose this certificate program over Wharton"</p>
<p>Exactly, and that is why they will be forced to expand it to a normal business major. Right now most kids want a degree that gets a good job.</p>
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A few good LACs do offer engineering (Swat, Mudd, Bucknell, Lafayette, Trinity, Smith, Union, etc.). Business is more problematic, though.</p>
<p> [quote=barrons] Exactly, and that is why they will be forced to expand it to a normal business major. Right now most kids want a degree that gets a good job.
Agreed. Although it has a top 10 business school, my university refuses to create a business major, which I think is very stupid on their part. Most of those students just end up majoring in econ anyway, and I think it would be a big draw for potential students.</p>
<p>Which branch of engineering?</p>
<p>Try using the CC search engine for combinations of keywords like Rugg's or Gourman, crossed with engineering, or history, or business.</p>
<p>Most of the Jesuit universities are good in business as well as traditional liberal arts subjects.</p>