Hi, I am curious on the strength of each Big Ten business school. I am looking specifically at Finance, but overall business works too. I also want to know the difficulty of making the university and its business school. My top choice right now is the University of Iowa because I live in Iowa and I heard Tippie is a pretty solid business school. My second choice is Indiana, where I have heard Kelley is one of the top business schools in the country. I understand there may not be a clear-cut “best” school, but can anyone help rank these schools by business for me? I’m not going to factor in GPA or ACT/SAT scores in this thread.
Pretty much all the Big 10 business schools are very GOOD… The majority are top 50 . Some are more selective than others, but I would assume that IOWA would a good option, especially for the $…This would give you an idea
It seems like in the top 50
Indiana Kelley
Michigan Ross
Minnesota Carlson
Illinois
Rutgers
Penn State
Wisconsin
Maryland
Michigan State
Ohio State
Purdue
According to US NEWS
Michigan
Indiana
OSU
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Maryland
Michigan State
Purdue
Iowa
Nebraska
Pretty much all the Big 10 business schools are very GOOD… Some are more selective than others, but I would assume that IOWA is always a good option…
As indicated above, Ross (Michigan) is up there with the best of them
Basically some of these Business schools are ranked higher than some Ivy Leagues. When applying to a school, you look at the overall school as well as the program. The University of Michigan is one of the top Universities in the country and so is the business school. Indiana as an University and a pretty good one as well is not as highly rated but the business school is one of the best. Many future students might be able to get into Indiana, but getting into Kelley.is another story
Does Kelley have a good connection with Chicago I-banks? What about Tippie? I’ve heard Kelley has some strong business connections, but what about Tippie?
@Blin2019 - Indiana Kelley has good connections with investment banks, but they mainly recruit from the Investment Banking Academy there (which is a separate competitive process). Still, it’s one of the few non-tippy-top schools where there is a critical mass of I-banking recruiting.
Michigan Ross is by far the best undergrad business school in the Big Ten when it comes to I-banking recruitment where it’s a feeder nearly on par with the Ivy/Ivy-level schools. Granted, it’s also as hard to get admitted to as the Ivy/Ivy-level schools (where the admissions requirements are significantly more difficult than the other Michigan programs besides engineering).
Iowa Tippie is going to be solid if you’re looking for a Big Four-level accounting/consulting job if you have good grades, but it’s not really an I-banking feeder. Frankly, you can say the same about most of the Big Ten schools besides Northwestern (which doesn’t have an undergrad business school but is an Ivy-level school with an extremely strong economics department plus the Kellogg Certificate program), Michigan Ross, and maybe the very top students at Indiana Kelley, Wisconsin and Illinois Geis. (Whether you actually want to do I-banking once you get past the perceived dreams of glamour/money is also another factor to consider as it’s definitely not for everyone.)
I always hear how strong the Kelley alumni network is so finding connections to Chicago I-banks would be a breeze. Kelley is good all around and that’s what employers like, so probably why they’re also ranked number one by recruiters (they also built an entirely new career services building enhancing the hundreds of recruiters’ experiences on campus).
Bloomberg Businessweek also ranks IU #1 among the Big Ten, and among all public schools. UMich for comparison is ranked #2 among Big Ten schools but #5 among public undergraduate business schools. Iowa was not even on the list.
Iowa would provide you with in-state, so there’s that. Depending on how much you value immediately being able to pay for college that could’ve a huge factor in your discussion. The top business schools, however, ideally will lead to a well-paying job.
I suggest you look at career fields you’re interested in and compare undergraduate career statistics for the business schools. Find out where students usually end up, how much they make and in what location (they may make less technically cause they frequently return to work in smaller cities), etc.
Stats and profile will matter (it does no good recommending Ross if you’re not a 3.75+/1450 student) as well as budget and EFC (if your budget is 30k and your family makes 130k, then no point in recommending Ross either since it won’t be within budget).
Then, add the ‘direct admit’ v. ‘junior year selective admit’ v.‘junior year selective and competitive admit’ issue .
“Michigan Ross is by far the best undergrad business school in the Big Ten when it comes to I-banking recruitment where it’s a feeder nearly on par with the Ivy/Ivy-level schools.”
Ross is not “nearly on par” for IBank recruiting as Ivy/Ivy Level schools. It is in fact very much on par with the majority of them (in some cases even slightly better) when it comes to IBank recruiting with Wharton and Harvard being the notable exceptions.
“Granted, it’s also as hard to get admitted to as the Ivy/Ivy-level schools (where the admissions requirements are significantly more difficult than the other Michigan programs besides engineering).”
That’s not entirely accurate. There is no doubt that Ross and the CoE are more selective than LSA, but not nearly as much as you suggest.