<p>Hello! This is my first post on this forum. I've always had every intention on going to a UC school rather than the less prestigious CSU schools. However, I have found that most UCs do not offer an undergraduate degree in Business Admin, while a lot of Cal States do. </p>
<p>I know Berkeley is the premier undergrad business school in the state, but what are some other great undergrad business programs, aside from the private schools like Standford? </p>
<p>As a side note, which of the following schools are the best for business majors?
Cal Poly SLO
Cal State Long Beach
Cal State Fullerton</p>
<p>Okay, I wasn't sure if Standford had one or not. But it's entirely irrelevant as I am not planning on attending a private school. I will only consider public schools due to financial reasons. </p>
<p>Is there a basis for such a claim? Why do you feel this way? I always appreciate explanations rather than just statements. </p>
<p>Bicoastal07, do you have some good undergrad b-schools to recommend? Make your own list of the top undergrad-b schools in California, excluding private universities. This type of list is what I'm really looking for. Thank you.</p>
<p>I honestly know fairly little about the CSU schools. However, I do know that Cal Poly SLO is considered one of the best CSUs. Long Beach and Fullerton are mostly commuter schools.</p>
<p>The top public ugrad b-school is obviously Haas, and it's a very long drop off after that. I honestly don't know what would come next... maybe SDSU or Cal Poly?</p>
<p>Ya I think SDSU's undergraduate business program would be next as far as public universities in cali. just curious though--do you want to work on wall street (your screen name)? If you do and money is an issue, you should look into the TAG programs at the UCs. You can do your first two years at a cc and if you get good grades (which shouldn't be difficult) you can get into a school like Haas. And if you want to work on wall street (or in finance), I would suggest biz econ at UCLA. It isn't a business program but it will take you further than a degree from any of the CSUs (in my opinion).</p>
<p>I want to pursue a career in Sales and Trading or as a retail stock broker (financial planner). </p>
<p>I am going to CC for my General Ed, and by the time I get there, I will already have enough money saved up from my job to pay for it. At that point, I'll transfer to 4 year Uni.</p>
<p>What is the "TAG" program? And why on earth do most of the UCs not have an undergrad business program? It's a very common major and most UCs don't have them.</p>
<p>well if you're in a cc in cali right now and you have a strong gpa, getting into a UC shouldn't be too difficult. If you want to go into ST, you might want to consider majoring in something other than business administration. ST is all quantitative skills, so maybe looking into Finance or Econ would help you get into ST. If you want to be a financial planner then just work on your people skills and do as much networking as possible. FPs are always willing to take interns (although the jobs are menial, experience is experience).</p>
<p>TAG stands for Transfer Admissions Guaranteed. Its a program for cc students in California who went to cc's for financial reasons and want to transfer to a UC after two years. Basically its a contract you sign with the UC system that says if you keep above a 3.5 you are guaranteed admission into one of the schools (you can't specify which). I know a lot of people who did this and got into Haas and UCLA for biz econ, as well as UCSD. There is definitely more info on this out there though google it or ask you advisor at your school about it.</p>
<p>I want to get in S&T, which is why I don't want to major in Bizecon. I can major in bus admin so long as the school offers a special concentration in a particular sub-category of business like finance. Fullerton and Long Beach offer finance majors, and Cal Poly SLO offers concentration in finance as a part of its biz admin major. </p>
<p>I went to the Haas school of business website and it doesn't say what kind of degrees it offers for undergrads. Does it have more than just a plain ol' business administration major?</p>
<p>that is very interesting, i can't find if haas has specific concentration either.</p>
<p>but the point of going to haas is about getting well connections. if you do well, you will get great job placement, networking, etc. I believe it is ranked 3rd from USNews.</p>
<p>Basically, you can almost learn anything and do anything, the importance i believe is alumni and networking. If you want to be self-employed and invest yourself, then maybe your better off at a CSU where it's more hands on but Haas has great recruitment at large firms.</p>
<p>among the CSU campuses here's a shot at the top five. others might shuffle these, but they stand supreme:</p>
<ol>
<li> san diego state</li>
<li> cal state fullerton</li>
<li> long beach state</li>
<li> cal poly san luis </li>
<li> san jose state</li>
</ol>
<p>even though cal poly is the best university in the list its business program is fairly small compared to the other five, and that's part of the reason why it doesn't quite rank as high.</p>
<p>Haas is probably only the public school that would give you a good shot at Wall Street. UCLA, regardless of not having a biz program, could also get your foot in the door if your at the top of your class.</p>
<p>Also, if you have what it takes to get into berkeley, you may want to apply to USC as well. I heard they give good aid, and the Trojan Network tops any school (prob even the Ivies) in SoCal.</p>
<p><<<<among the CSU campuses here's a shot at the top five. others might shuffle these, but they stand supreme:</p>
<ol>
<li>san diego state</li>
<li>cal state fullerton</li>
<li>long beach state</li>
<li>cal poly san luis </li>
<li>san jose state</li>
</ol>
<p>even though cal poly is the best university in the list its business program is fairly small compared to the other five, and that's part of the reason why it doesn't quite rank as high.>>>></p>
<p>Who made that list? Is this list just based on your opinion? If so, please provide reasons for your rankings.</p>
<p>You need to know that in order to get into Haas from a CC requires about a 3.88+ GPA. Getting into a UC is essentially guaranteed, getting into Haas is not. (To give you an idea of the difficulty of getting in, only about 39% of students already in UC Berkeley who apply to Haas are accepted).</p>
<p>As far as the comment about Cal Poly SLO only ranking 4th on the list for the other schools (that is, it only ranking 4th once you don't count Haas and Marshall), I have to disagree--it would be probably third--but you have to put Santa Clara ahead of it--not CSUF and CSULB (and I'm a CSULB business undergrad, so it pains me to put them in this order--p.s. my MBA is from UCLA). I would rank the business programs in California in the following order:</p>
<ol>
<li>UC Berkeley (Haas)</li>
<li>USC (Marshall)
3-4. SDSU/Santa Clara</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>Cal State Fullerton
7-8. Cal State Long Beach/UC Riverside</li>
<li>San Jose State</li>
</ol>
<p>Also, if I were to include the biz econ programs at UCLA and UCSB, they would probably be right after Santa Clara, but ahead of the others.</p>
<p>The reason I rank the schools this way is that the different accounting and consulting companies rank them approximately this way. For example, E&Y in the Bay area (where I live) recruits for students with 3.2 GPA and above from UC Berkeley, 3.5 GPA and above from Santa Clara and 3.8 GPA and above from San Jose State.</p>
<p>P.S. This is why I encouraged my son to go to Indiana University (at Bloomington) for his business degree even though we live in California. It's a lot easier to get in there than into UC Berkeley or USC--and the business program is almost equivalent to USC's (although I should point out that applications to Indiana's business school almost doubled this year--so it's getting tougher to get in there also). To give you an idea of rankings--UC Berkeley is 3rd on USNW's national list, Indiana is 11th, and USC was 12th or so last year, but ranks about 9th most years.</p>
<p>Also I agree with leo78um on his I-banking list.</p>
<p>Hi, could anybody please help me with choosing what major I should be aiming at. I<code>m really interested in finances, stock markets, investment banking. But I</code>m not interested solely in economics major, with all the theory and probably ending up as an econ teacher. </p>
<p>I live in Cali and plan to start at a CCC and then transfer to the UC, hopefully to UCLA. So, which major at UCLA is the best for my purposes? or maybe for a finance major there is a better place? thanks in advance!</p>