Cornell is ranked 10th for business but the only business related major they have is applied economics and management. Is this why they are #10 or am I missing something?
I believe that Cornell’s tenth place ranking is due to AEM/The Dyson School. The Hotel School also offers a business degree but it is not known as a business school.
You may want to read this:
http://cornellsun.com/2015/12/14/cornell-to-establish-college-of-business/
The applied economics and management is a good undergrad business school but the low ranking is because the program is relatively new. It originally began as agricultural economics but has evolved into a general business degree.
Will the new College of Business be a contract college, private or both? Seems to add another level of complexity to Cornell.
@TomSrOfBoston – many unanswered questions at this time. Trustees still have to vote at Jan meeting. Neither Dyson or SHA alums seem thrilled with the idea.
Agree that it could appear to add another level of complexity, but hope that it will allow the university to leverage the somewhat disjointed offerings across the colleges. I also wonder about the graduate business degrees being offered at the NYC Tech campus.
Bloomberg/Business Week ranks Dyson at #3.
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-04-04/the-complete-ranking-best-undergraduate-business-schools-2014
^Exactly. I’m not sure where the 10 thing comes from. If anything, AEM Dyson will make the hotelies degree seem more rigorous. I’m not sure why they are complaining. The under 100 kids that manage to get into Dyson should complain about being lumped into a “hotel” reputation.
It sounds like the new college will be private, with those admitted to Dyson continuing to pay the contract rate…simple right :-?
My guess is that the Johnson grad business school people are not happy either!
I’m not a hotelie, but I still get pretty offended when people insult them. The School of Hotel Administration is one of, if not, the best undergrad hospitality degrees. Additionally, SHA is definitely a business school and has a reputation as such. Though some of their classes and program are unconventional, they are still an amazing school.
Cornell has a very good business program, though, in AEM, and I highly recommend looking into it past one set of rankings. Instead of basing your decision off of one set of rankings, look at their requirements and what classes you would be taking if you were a student to see if it fits with your interest. Also, look at their job prospects and grad school acceptance rates to see what opportunities there are after graduation, this is a much better indicator of the strength of the program than subjective rankings because this actually shows how they are respected in the business community. Additionally, I would wait and see what happens with this new Business School and what actually changes if anything when making your decision! But, if you are interested more in a field in the hospitality industry, such as in/owning a restaurant, in real estate, working as a hotel administrator, in banking, as a financial consultant, in commerce, in the airline field, as a food distribution, etc., then I highly recommend looking into SHA!