Best undergrad Business (finance) program in the Philly area?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>With Wharton being the best, I was wondering how the following schools compare:</p>

<p>Villanova
Drexel
Temple</p>

<p>I would assume that Villanova is the better of those three, but then how do Drexel and Temple compare? I'm looking in terms of WS alum and chances of getting into IB.</p>

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<p>Fox (Temple) is #2 behind Wharton. Doesn’t matter what Businessweek says. They’re clueless.</p>

<p>Edit: Wall Street isn’t our strength. Nova does better than us, I believe, but if you’re a top student, you should be fine.</p>

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<p>Sorry, but I totally disagree with diontechristmas. Villanova is second, then Temple, then Drexel.</p>

<p>In particular, Villanova is excellent in project management courses–perhaps the best in the whole country in this field.</p>

<p>Good luck with your choice.</p>

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<p>That’s nice, but again, I know what I’m talking about. Other than Wall Street, Nova has no advantage.</p>

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<p>Temple has a brand new Business building with everything state-of-the-art and still has great rankings for its Business program…</p>

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<p>Is Temple’s program really that good? I was looking at US News rankings which list Temple as a tier 3 and Drexel as a tier 1. </p>

<p>So in terms of wanting to get into ibanking, it would be Villanova>Temple>Drexel ?</p>

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<p>Yes.
US News and Businessweek are clueless.
Yes.</p>

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<p>Diontechristmas may be biased towards his own school (look up his past posts). Do your own research and then come to a decision. Numbers don’t usually lie. Starting salaries and placement from last years class should be available.</p>

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<p>i have read many times about Drexel’s students being unhappy…</p>

<p>Temple is supposed to be ranked in the Top 10 among International Business, but I can’t remember the source, you can find it however on the Business School’s website…</p>

<p>Temple is in the middle of the city while Villanova is out in the suburbs, Villanova is also a lot smaller and it still is a Catholic school too…</p>

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<p>Dionte, you post over and over that Temple is wonderful and US News clueless, but I’ve never seen you post a shred of supporting evidence. Why is Temple better than it’s rankings imply?</p>

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<p>hmom, I’d appreciate it if you stopped stalking me on here. This is getting ridiculous how you comment on every post of mine…</p>

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<p>dionte, I see no evidence here of “stalking.” She’s asked a perfectly legitimate question; the same one that I would ask: Why do you think Temple is so much better than others seem to think?</p>

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<p>She comes in and posts in every thread I post. That being said, who are you?</p>

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<p>I agree w/ worried_mom… dionte, please give us some supporting evidence… your posts are essentially meaningless unless you post numbers of figures. What makes Temple better than Villanova?</p>

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<p>Stalking? I’ve asked you several times to just post your reasoning, to give factual evidence for what you post over and over. Not once have you stepped up to the plate with a single fact to support your claims. We are all here to hear differing opinions and the reasons behind them.</p>

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<p>So after looking into it, this is what I’ve found:</p>

<p>Villanova 2008 statistics for finance majors (taken from their site): avg salary 55,000, median salary 53,453. “major employers” include citi, deutsche bank, GS, morgan stanley, jp morgan chase, and others</p>

<p>Drexel 2008 statistics for finance (from their site): avg finance major salary 49,760. “top recruiters” include GS, jp morgan chase</p>

<p>Temple 2008 statistics (taken from businessweek with 49% of grads reporting; couldn’t find them on their site): mean salary 47,500 (for all business grads; data for just finance not available). </p>

<p>It looks like Drexel edges out Temple in job placement. The best case scenario however would be getting into Nova… I wonder if it will be slightly easier as I will be applying as a transfer student rather than an incoming freshman. Although Temple’s new $80mil business building does look fantastic.</p>

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<p>I’m a Drexel business student and extremely happy with it so far. Here are the advantages of Drexel

  • Right in the city next to UPENN
  • The co-op program (nowhere else can you get three six-month work experiences). My co-op experiences has included working at a big 4 accounting firm traveling around the united states. Goldman also recruits drexel and hires I think around 12-14 students each year for just their co-op program. The Co-op is known for high job placement and giving students great experiences that don’t show on the rankings to try to figure out which area of business is good to go in.
  • LeBow College of Business is known for its huge student organization involvement. We have more business clubs and activities than any other college in Philadelphia except Wharton (I’m pretty sure) - Check out [Ticker</a> (beta)<a href=“%5Burl=http://www.lebowticker.com%5DTicker%20(beta)%5B/url%5D”>/url</a> just to see all the student organization events that are going on
  • We have an extremely prestigious entrepreneurship program that beats both Wharton and Villanova hands down. Our Entrepreneurship program includes a incubator organization for starting businesses called the Baiada center and hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes for business plan and concepts. (our entrepreneurship was ranked #2 or #3 in the world)
  • We also have a very good operations management program, especially our “Business and Engineering” major that’s been around since the 1920s. Its a major that integrates both business and engineering into one major with an emphasis on mathematics, operations management/research, and a choice of business concenctration to choose from. I wrote about this program before here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/drexel-university/680451-drexels-business-engineering-major-unique-prestigious.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/drexel-university/680451-drexels-business-engineering-major-unique-prestigious.html](<a href=“http://www.Lebowticker.com%5DTicker”>http://www.Lebowticker.com)</a></p>

<p>I highly recommend at least applying to drexel since the application fee is free. our school is constantly rising in the rankings and the business school is growing and becoming known worldwide. drexel is also known for giving out many scholarships if you have done well in high school.</p>

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<p>Great information, thanks. The scholarship part is very enticing; I was able to find this on Drexel’s site:</p>

<p>*In order to recognize outstanding academic achievement, transfer applications are automatically considered for Transfer Scholarships, which are offered to accepted and qualified students transferring to Drexel from two- and four-year colleges. Transfer Scholarships are awarded up to $16,000 and are renewable on a yearly basis. To be considered for a Transfer Scholarship, you must:</p>

<pre><code>* have approximately a 3.2 cumulative GPA from all previously attended institutions

  • be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate in a day, on-campus program
    </code></pre>

<p>*</p>

<p>As a transfer student that sounds great. </p>

<p>I also had a question as to how the quarter system works at Drexel. So rather than a spring and fall semester, there are winter, spring, summer, and fall quarters, correct? Are classes typically taken all four quarters, or is the summer reserved for co-op/internship opportunities?</p>

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<p>take a look at the drexel message board on here and i answered a lot of similar questions. In a nutshell though, the quarter system may sound confusing at first but its very beneficial and works out, especially for the co-op program. Co-ops are 6 months which means that they take up two quarters. Right now I’m on the 5 year / 3 co-op program which means I take two quarters of classes, and then do a co-op for two quarters.</p>

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<p>I agree that diontechristmas has extreme bias toward Temple. He says all the ranking methods are completely useless and are wrong, yet he provides no evidence other than his own biased opinion to support his statements. The young one will have to learn this is not an acceptable tactic, and if Temple were so strong I believe he would understand this already.</p>

<p>So I will give you a tip. To provide a compelling arguement please include sound logic and at least some facts or hypothesis that doesnt just include your own biased opinion.</p>