<p>Help me rank the following CA schools in regards to their undergraduate Business Administration (specifically accounting) program.</p>
<p>San Diego State
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly Pomona
UCLA
UCSD
UCB
UCI
UCSB</p>
<p>How about USC? Are you only looking at publics?</p>
<p>Yes; I am financially unable to attend private schools.</p>
<p>UCLA does not offer Business to undergraduate students. Nor do UC San Diego, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barabra or UC-Davis. Cal is far and away the best undergraduate Business program among Cal's public universities. So, here's how I would rank the undergraduate Business programs (in state universities) in California:</p>
<h1>1 University of California-Berkeley (Haas)</h1>
<h1>2 San Diego State University</h1>
<h1>3 University of California-Riverside</h1>
<h1>4 CalPoly-San Louis Obispo</h1>
<h1>5 San Jose State University</h1>
<p>2-5 are almost the same and all of them are good. But Haas is in a league of its own.</p>
<p>If you have the credentials, do not shy away from private universities. Many of them give substantial aid...including USC I believe.</p>
<p>apparently your message got garbled on the way to dubai given that the poster listed schools not on your list and left ones out that were. i have been a business professor at several on your list. here is what most faculty would say:</p>
<ol>
<li> UCB (Haas School first rate but focus on grad level)</li>
<li> San Diego State</li>
<li> (tie) Cal Poly North and South</li>
</ol>
<p>the other UCs have vestiges of business programs cloaked in economics programs but are better suited, like UCB, for graduate study. SDSU is one of the largest schools in the West, and pomona is almost as big and very strong in LA area. SLO is smaller and a bit more specialized.</p>
<p>you can't go wrong with any of the four options above, and of course you save lots of cash by going to a CSU.</p>
<p>drj, thanks for the response. I'm interested in accounting; would choosing San Luis Obispo over SDSU or Berkeley give me a huge disadvantage when looking for employment? Also, how's the outlook for accountants? Would I be able to find employment straight out of college?</p>
<p>if you have a haas admit letter this one is a no brainer.
if you don't then i would pick san diego state given its urban location.
i further would pick cal poly pomona over san luis for the same reasons.
the outlook for qualified CPAs is excellent, and the schools mentioned above have outstanding internship programs including placement in the big four firms.</p>
<p>Business Administration, Business Economics, and Economics. What are the the main differences among the three? Which would be the best major for accounting?</p>
<p>economics is far more theoretical and divides in large part along macro (global) and micro (personal) economic lines.</p>
<p>business economics is just a play on words. it's just an econ program.</p>
<p>business administration applies the theories of business and economics and therefore is more germane to the field of accounting. further, some schools have degrees specfically in accounting.</p>
<p>a good rule of thumb is to determine how many grads earn their CPA certification.</p>
<p>drj, would you recommend SCSU to a Cal. resident student who wants to major in business and has good stats (3.9gpa, 800/720/720 SAT I) as oppposed to attending UCLA or UCSD with perhaps an econ or poli science major and then going to a business grad school? (Assuming he's not admitted to Haas.) Or would this put him at a disadvantage because (I've heard) grad school is mainly for those who have been in the work force a few years? I get such conflicting advice - choose the highest ranked college for a well-rounded liberal education first vs choose the best specific program to foster his career potential.</p>
<p>that's a tough call. if i had anderson school (UCLA) interface even if only tangentially, i would take it. if it were only UCSD versus the top tier CSU B-Schools (both cal polys and san diego state and perhaps one or two others) i would go the CSU route. the name UCLA speaks volumes particularly in SoCal. from there you can get professional experience and then perhaps go to Haas MBA.</p>
<p>Iggal, I would personally recommend you major in Economics or Political Science at Cal or UCLA, work a few years and then, if that's still what you want to do, get an MBA.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. Now to concentrate on writing a good essay to get in.</p>