<p>A few more numbers in case any1 missed them... <a href="http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/07rankings/index.asp%5B/url%5D">http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/07rankings/index.asp</a></p>
<p>One thing I can't help noticing when looking through BW's list is, if you are instate at these public schools, they are a bargain compared to paying private school tuition. The rate of returns are so much higher for the in-state publics. It's not even close.</p>
<p>Berkeley, Virginia, Michigan, even Indiana and Ohio state. All of the in-state public schools listed actually are better buys than the privates when looking at return of investment.</p>
<p>So if you are in-state and know you are going to live in-state, unless you are looking for a different geographical experience, financially, the privates don't make sense for the first job.</p>
<p>Do the privates make sense for the second job? Does going to one enhance a career?</p>
<p>Just as an aside, I'm disappointed San Diego State isn't listed. The school gets more applications than any school listed by BW.</p>
<p>where's the "rate of returns" on that list. If you're looking for the starting salary, you might be interested to know that graduates of Penn's Nursing school had a higher average starting salary than those of Wharton in 2005. If you're looking for long term salary, well, the answer is that no one has that data, nor the resources to gather it.</p>
<p>Is BYU as good a school as these rankings make it out to be? I'm already accepted to BYU and it seems that if I can get a top-10 education at (in some cases) a tenth of the cost, I'd be crazy not to.</p>
<p>BYU is very respected. It really came around in recent years, as it became evident that ethics and values in the corporate world was lacking. BYU, along with a couple other major business programs like Notre Dame and Georgetown, have incorporated the teaching ethics and values in their curriculae for quite some time and their students are generally viewed as having a leg up in those departments. </p>
<p>I think ranking BYU among the top 10 is a little much though. But it really depends on what you want to do when you graduate. If you want to work for a major IBank or Management Consulting firm in the East Coast, BYU will not serve you well. On the other hand, if you intend to work for a major accounting firm or industrial company in the West Coast when you graduate, BYU could be ideal.</p>