<p>As far as NYU, CMU and UNC being equal as business schools--</p>
<p>NYU is by far the best school for finance in the country except Wharton. They focus the whole school around this--and 80% of the people who go to Stern go into the finance program or entrepreneurship.</p>
<p>CMU is more around quantitative sciences, supply chain/logistics and production/operations areas--but is also fairly broad-based.</p>
<p>UNC is extremely broad-based, but the focus is on Marketing. Think product-line specialists.</p>
<p>Oh, and UCLA has no undergraduate business school--you can only major in Business Economics there (with an Accounting specialization if you want as a minor). The graduate business school is excellent, though.</p>
<p>Both USC and NYU Stern are famous for the "Stern curve"--meaning the grading is tough at the business schools--google this for more info (I think the GPA average is not allowed to be above 2.85 for any class).</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>