<p>I'm wondering which school is best in terms of both getting a job straight from undergrad and getting into a top grad school. I am still not sure on my major so I've applied undecided to most. The schools I've applied to are:</p>
<p>Miami University(Ohio)- Accepted, undecided
Purdue University- Accepted, freshman engineering program
Loyola University Chicago- Accepted, business school
University of Cincinnati- Accepted, business school
University of Michigan- still waiting, undecided
Northwestern University- still waiting, engineering
University of Florida- still waiting, undecided</p>
<p>I have a decent shot at the 3 I am still waiting on. I am also an Ohio resident but cost isn't much of a concern. (Father went to UMich grad. business school.)</p>
<p>Obviously the last three are your best bets, but they are all good schools. Of the first four you have been accepted to, the easiest to get a job immediately after would probably be Purdue followed by Loyola. Cincinnati IMO is the least respected of the list.</p>
<p>It's difficult to understand what you are asking here? Do you want to know the best school to go to if you major in Business, or are you asking for the best school based upon the majors listed?</p>
<p>For example, Northwestern offers no undergrad business program at all, but has a good engineering school. On the other hand, their grad business school is one of the best, especially for marketing majors.</p>
<p>Purdue has both undergrad business and undergrad engineering programs--as well as grad programs in both of these. But Purdue has 29,000 undergrads and only 1,500 graduate students. So, obviously they focus on the undergrad area.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention, other things apply as well.</p>
<p>For example, Michigan's business school is in top 4 undergraduate schools in the nation--but you can't be accepted directly into the program--you have to apply to Michigan, and then hope you can get into the program at the end of your freshman year.</p>
<p>Also, I disagree that Northwestern's engineering program is better than Purdue's. Purdue's engineering program ranks 8th on US News and World Report's listing for 2006 (tied with Cornell and Carnegie-Mellon), Northwestern is tied for 14th on this list with John Hopkins, Texas A&M, and Virginia Tech).</p>