<p>what are the best business universities in California? </p>
<p>at the moment, I have the option of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Fresno State. Fresno State has a very good business program (from what I hear) but Cal Poly SLO seems to be mainly an engineering school. Which one would be better for me?</p>
<p>thanks in advance, these few months are stressful and any sort of help is appreciated.</p>
<p>The best Business schools in California, for undergrads, are Haas (UC-Berkeley) and Marshall (USC). Haas is ranked #3 according to the USNWR and #11 according to Businessweek. Marshall is ranked #10 accoridng to the USNWR and #17 according to Businessweek. </p>
<p>If memory serves, the only other California schools ranked among the top 100 BBA programs are Pepperdine, the University of Santa Clara and the University of San Diego, all three of which have very good BBA programs. </p>
<p>San Louis Obispo also has a solid BBA program, as do San Jose State University, Loyola Marymount, the University of California-Riverside, the University of San Francisco and several Cal States, including LA and Fullerton.</p>
<p>San Diego State is well known for its business program.</p>
<p>alexandre, two of the worst business programs in the cal state system are at los angeles and at pomona. neither of them are managing to either keep a dean or good faculty. reports are widespread on both campuses of a brain drain of the very best. you apparently have them confused with san diego state or fullerton, both of which are accredited and with superior facilities. fullerton just opened a new business building that cost about 90 million bucks. san diego is one of the very few in the state fully accredited in accounting and not just business administration.</p>
<p>drj, I am well aware of Fullerton...I mentioned above. And I did not mention Pomona. I did mention CSU-LA. I guess I was wrong about them. I remember that they had a decent program back in the late 90s, that may have changed. I also know that San Diego State and the University of San Diego both have good Business schools.</p>
<p>From a practical matter, I'm not sure if California employers differentiate much among the Cal State schools -- a degree from San Jose is no better/worse than one from Fresno, for example. Unless Fresno State is your home school (and you would commute), I'd go with SLO just for the four-year collegiate experience; yes, SLO has excellent engineering & architecture programs, but also does Ag, and a bunch of other majors . SDSU would also be a fun four years. Most Cal States are commuter schools, so I'd look for one with on campus housing and a college community feel.</p>
<p>the connectivity of cal state business schools, as is true with any other, often is tied to the feeder system between a professor of an applied area like cost accounting or media sales and a business. when such faculty depart by the dozens that relationship erodes. that's what has happened at the woebegone cal states like los angeles and pomona. sometimes these professors depart and their important job leading courses either die or are offered by unqualified adjuncts or new professors from foreign lands and no connections to the business community. students then are less prepared. as such, the academics and accrediting societies report all is well when in fact it isn't because the professional side is seriously eroded. that's what is happening at some of the cal states now. and when you have revolving door deans there is no quality control at the top. san jose state is currently looking for a new dean as i recall but has a more stable situation thanks to interim dean fimbel than others such as several of the los angeles basin cal states including northridge. that has allowed fullerton and long beach to leapfrog and attract better faculty, facilities and students.</p>
<p>What about UCLA's Business Economics program?</p>
<p>Business Economics at UCLA is excellent, but it does not resemble a top BBA program. Remember that Bus-Econ majors at UCLA do not benefit from Anderson's Career office. One of a BBA's main benefits is its career office. I am also pretty sure it does not offer as practical an approach to Business studies as a full-blown BBA program.</p>
<p>Guys, if it helps. I have a 4.0 GPA but rather low SAT scores, they are 1530. I'm just not a test taker but I've taken 6 AP classes.</p>
<p>I want to make sure that my degree has some reputation based on the college I attended. I'm pretty certain on Business as my major. My second choice would be Computer Engineering. I live in Fresno. I don't want to go to SLO (and go through all the trouble and expenses) if the Business degree is worth the same. </p>
<p>Aside from that, so San Diego State is good? but isn't the a UCS, meaning same value of degree from a place like Fresno State?</p>
<p>Those are great scores. Apply to Haas and Marshall. You should get into Marshall no problem, but Haas is incredibly competitive.
Post your whole resume, other than your GPA so we can get a better understanding of where you could apply competitively.
You seem intelligent, especially with scores as those, so apply to the best.</p>
<p>hey, marshall is very competitive as well. that place is no longer the university of spoiled children but rather a top fifteen program. don't underestimate the world of troy any more.</p>
<p>Greens,
SC's Marshall School of Business on the undergraduate level is very competitive. There are many innovative programs and scholarships available. The score mentioned is not representative of those admitted to Marshall now. U.S. News rated these Marshall programs: Accounting 5th in the nation, Entrepreneurship 4th, International Business 5th and Real Estate 7th.</p>
<p>Greens, I wouldn't be that optimistic. I need like a 2000+ SAT I think.</p>
<p>@ Greens
I think iKnan meant 1530 on the 2400 scale, not the 1600 scale.</p>