If you keep the cost of these schools aside, how do you compare these programs ? As someone growing up in Bay Area, each of these schools have their own strengths and it’s becoming difficult to decide.
Please help if you have insights.
You should never keep cost out of the equation. Why? IF there is a difference between programs, it is important to then decide what that difference is worth.
US news ranking for Irving is 35. Santa Clara 62 and Cal poly 108 for business programs. Cal poly energy and learn by doing is very appealing but wondering if giving up too much on quality of program
@debatechamp, I certainly would not use USNWR as any objective measure of quality or even a very accurate measure of ranking. The Cal Po!y College of Engineering for example ranks 8th among schools that don’t offer PhD, yet there isn’t a department that ranks worse than 3rd. Most are 1 or 2. How can that be? What I find most useful are placement statistics, what percentage get jobs, what percentage have them prior to graduation and salaries. Then rank that against cost. Cost should be part of the equation because a program that has an average starting salary of $2k more that costs $100k more is obviously the worst choice.