<p>How is the job outlook coming out of each school? I know UCSD is ranked higher...but does it look THAT much better on a resume? I know UCSB Econ/Accounting gets Accounting firms picking off students...how about UCSD? I am leaning a tad bit towards UCSD strictly on it's reputation. Any info helps!</p>
<p>Well, ucsd’s Econ program is ranked top 15 in the nation while ucsb’s’s program is ranked 46. What exactly do you want in a university? Just rank? Have you visited both schools?</p>
<p>Your job outlook is going to be vastly more dependent on what you do at that particular school versus what school you pick. Things like your GPA, internships, work experience, research experience, networking are typically going to impact your job opportunities much more than the label on your degree. And that’s generally true when comparing ANY two schools and likely even more so among schools that are of similar caliber like the UC’s. Really in the work sector and even in grad school and professional school admissions there really isn’t such a blind obsession with academic rankings as there seems to be amongst college applicants. The distinction between a #30 school and a #60 school is largely artificial and much less resolvable with schools that are all in the same university system. So assuming you were to come out of both schools with all the same credentials, the same experience, and the same academic record the truth is it isn’t going to matter whether your degree says UCSD or UCSB. The only real instance it may be an advantage to have graduated from one over the other is if your employer has some innate bias, like they’re an alumnus of that school also. </p>
<p>So you should choose the school where you feel you’re going to be the most comfortable socially and academically so that you perform your best. And you should do more research to see if there’s anything distinct that really separates their departments beyond the rankings. Perhaps there’s a program at one that would be advantageous to you. Or perhaps one is in an area where there’s more internship opportunities. Things like that should be the priority not the rankings. Also, one last thing about the rankings is that it’s misleading to look at graduate school rankings to try to get an accurate comparison of where undergraduate departments are in relation to one another. The grad programs generally have separate faculty and administration that are exclusive to the graduate program and have little bearing on the undergraduate experience.</p>
<p>thanks for the feedback! yeah im not soley relying on rankings, but doesnt internship recruitment have a strong correlation with the rankings? I.E. businesses and corporations recruit from universities that are more prestigious, such as UCSD vs UCSB in this case. Now, Im not saying UCSD is haas or anything, but does its ranking have any advantage over ucsb in those factors? such as internships, recruitment, ect.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I would say prestigious but they recruit from better overall programs. For ex. UCD and UCSD are tied according to USNEWS but UCD doesn’t have that great of recruiting in econ from what I’ve seen. I checked out aggie jobs and the various career fairs. </p>
<p>UCSD definitely has an advantage over UCSB but like dilapidated said, it doesn’t guarantee anything. You’ll have to work hard at either school and fight for those intern spots, maintain a high GPA etc. Be warned, UCSD’s econ program is pretty brutal. 13 upper division classes with a lot of emphasis on econometrics. It’s one of the top econometrics schools in the nation.</p>
<p>what are some good examples of things you can do on campus to make you “stand out” other than GPA? again i really appreciate these replies!</p>
<p>since you are talking about entering the workforce after college (as opposed to grad school) then the things that stand out are not on-campus things for the most part. Sure, you’re better off being involved in fun activities and clubs than not, but the things that really grab future employers attention are (no surprise) things that are career related. Internships are one key. On-campus you could do something like work in sales for the school newspaper, have a leadership role in career-related groups, etc.</p>