Business Week Vs US NEWS (Biz Undergrad)

College Search & Selection
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<p>Ok so which is a more reliable option for undergrad business programs?</p>

<p>We all know US NEws is the most reliable for overall and im not sure about engineering or any of the other individual rankings as they provide little information about the programs other than rankings and names of schools.</p>

<p>Business Week provides lots of information to supplement the name of school and ranking.. example: average salaries, selectivity, student comments, academics at the biz schools, Extra curricular activities within the biz school and much more...
Not sure if all that wealth of information they give is used in the rankigns but they do provide lots of helpful information...</p>

<p>US News biz rankings varyy soooo much than Biz week rankings...
Which is a more relaible or useful option?</p>

<p>Despite many differences in ranking the schools, several schools are always ranked in the top at both lists:
Emory, Indiana, Michigan, Texas, etc...</p>

<p>Schools such as Purdue, FLorida, Michigan State, Tulane due vary a lot in the rankings.</p>

<p>Im sure this thread should be of lots of help to ppl always asking the best biz undergrad schools as many sometimes rely on the biz week rankings while others rely on US NEWS biz rankings which vary a lot..</p>

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<p>Business Week</p>

<p>Isn't it obvious?</p>

<p>USNEWS has to do all these special sections while Business Week has their own B-School section. Business Week is more accurate.</p>

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<p>Business Week relies heavily on student surveys which can easily be manipulated. If one group grades more harshly than another the ranking will suffer greatly. It's very subjective.</p>

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<p>basically, reliability doesnt really matter.
The best is wharton.
The next best goes to Stern, Ross, Haas, and Sloan(about equal).
Then there are other schools.</p>