<p>Hi.. i am currently a high school senior and i am planning to major in finance.. i live in cali and am not sure whether the colleges here, ( UCI, UC Berkeley (HASS), or any other cali colleges) offer a finance major.. i know that nyu has a good finance program, but attending there is too costly for me.. i still want to go, but only if i can get financial aid. What other colleges offer a finance major and if they do, are they really expensive or far. My high school gpa is around 3.7 to 3.8 UW and 4.1 to 4.2 W and i am still working on my sats and acts. i know getting accepted to an ivy league university is slim but i still want to know what colleges are good for finance. IF no other colleges near me have a good finance program..... should i major in something else? please help</p>
<p>The only ivy where you can study finance per se is Penn’s Wharton. However, to work in finance studying anything at any ivy will give you a leg up. Don’t count on aid at NYU.</p>
<p>harvard and wharton are king for finance</p>
<p>Some others to possibly check into also are USC, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Boston College, Penn State, Ohio State, Purdue, Fordham and Emory. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Thanks guys… yeah i was kinda looking into USC too but i need financial aid … and im not sure if they have finance</p>
<p>Berkeley-Haas’ finance is 3rd strongest in the nation according to USNews. I’m not sure though if your GPA will get you into Berkeley.</p>
<p>If you need FA what state are you from?</p>
<p>Hes from CA. If u want to stay in CA and low tuition, go to Berkley.
If you want the best in finance, go to Wharton.</p>
<p>A lot of colleges don’t offer finance majors but have a lot of finance courses under Economics or Business. Look for good Economics and Business programs - aside from the Ivies, U-Chicago, MIT, Northwestern, U-Michigan, NYU and Berkeley all have world-class Economics or Business programs.</p>
<p>You guys are forgetting about Baruch college. They are famed for there excellent business and finance program. There graduates are CEO’s and Chairmans of huge companies.</p>
<p>In California, consider Claremont McKenna College.
[Course</a> Requirements, The Financial Economics Institute, Claremont McKenna College](<a href=“http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/fei/resources/requirements.php]Course”>http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/fei/resources/requirements.php)</p>
<p>Before you people would start throwing in more school names, you should try to at least check out the OP’s stats if s/he is “cut out” for those schools you’re promoting. I’m not even sure if s/he can get into a school like Berkeley, how much more into places like Princeton or Wharton.</p>
<p>My recommendation is to don’t get so caught up with a “finance” major. Choosing or picking schools primarily based on one major, that you may end up changing out of once in college, will be a mistake. You don’t have to major in “finance” to have a career in finance. UCLA/UCB are great options if you don’t plan on receiving financial aid. I’m not sure if any of the UCs offer finance as a major, but you’d be better off picking UCLA or UCB over any other mid tier UC for “finance”. If you’re financially needy, looking at schools that guarantee to meet 100 percent of your need or schools that are known to give good financial aid packages, like USC should bring down the cost down of the private school price tag. Claremont McKenna also is another Cali private school that gives good financial aid based on need. They have a minor or some type of finance concentration.</p>
<p>Thanks guys … yea maybe i shouldnt just look for schools that have a finance major… im still going to apply for them but if i cant get any financial aid then i probably won’t go. ill just major in another business major… the schools that im looking at right now are probably …UCB… NYU … USC … UCLA… UCI … all that i know right now … most are in cali so thats good…please tell me if there are any other schools that have good business programs and are not that expensive or i can acquire financial aid… thanks</p>
<p>You kept on saying FA, but never indicate how much FA you will need or how much can you afford.</p>
<p>UCI is pretty low in the UC system and maybe you are calling it a safety? Anyhow, it will cost you some where around $25K/year if you live on campus. Can you afford that? If you still need FA, what is you EFC?</p>
<p>My suggestions are only for the safety schools with your stats: CPSLO has a good business undergrad program, its equivalent or even better than UCI and cheaper, you may want to consider that.
If you live in S Cal, you should looking to commute to CSULB, that is the lowest cost solution with an excellent business school, or if you live in Bay Area, SJSU has a good business program.</p>
<p>As I said, you should consider the Public school Baruch college, with tuition only 7500/y without financial aid. It’s ranked top 15% of all the colleges in US.</p>
<p>Check out Syracuse University.</p>
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<p>Great, great program. If you do really (GPA wise), you may have a shot at landing this:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://orangevaluefund.syr.edu/about.asp]Orange”>http://orangevaluefund.syr.edu/about.asp]Orange</a> Value Fund - Syracuse University](<a href=“http://whitman.syr.edu/Undergraduate/Academics/Majors/finance.asp]Finance[/url”>http://whitman.syr.edu/Undergraduate/Academics/Majors/finance.asp)</p>
<p>The Orange Value Fund</p>
<p>yea UCI was my safety … my brother wants to go to CPSLO for architecture engineering so i guess it wouldnt be that bad going to CPSLO either… but i kinda want these schools to be my safety… i want to try and aim a little higher and try to get into nyu or usc or ucb … i know theyll be expensive but i want to try and get FA … im not sure about my efc either but my family’s income is not that high prob round 40k … they tell me they have been saving and they have enough for both me and my twin brother to go to college, but im not sure and i want to try and help them out… say i do get into nyu or usc … is it smart to get loans? i heard that i shouldnt because itll take me years to pay back after college. prob 10+ years. its kinda like an investment?</p>
<p>While college is an investment you don’t want to burden yourself with a great deal of debt from the start. Most people on the financial aid forum recommend keeping loans to the max Stafford amount (~27K or the cost of a mid size car). That is for the 4 years. If your family income has been around $40K and you have two students entering college then you need to discuss how much is available for school. I’m not sure your parents are aware of how much college costs now.</p>
<p>for those expensive private universities, nyu or usc, unless your family has the money, you could incur as much as 200K debt with 8% interest rate on your back when all told. Other than Federal grant, FA is far few and in between. Only a few can get a full ride and I don’t think you will cut it with the stats you have. Higher education, or education as a whole, in America is more less a money game.</p>
<p>You will hear all these giltters about Investment Banking jobs graduating from Stern finance, it is really good if you can make it, but what if you don’t, the 200K of debt on your back will kill your future.</p>