<p>How would you rank these three universities (with a business major) according to prestige, academics, campus life, city etc.</p>
<p>University of Southern California (Marshall School of Business)
University of Washington (Foster School of Business)
University of Texas at Austin (McCombs School of Business)</p>
<p>What also might be important is that I won't be taking a car with me so I'll probably rely on public transport and other students.</p>
<p>All I know is that Marshall has the best rep for undergraduate business amongst the three. The other two are nowhere near as prominent.</p>
<p>I would actually say that McCombs is very close in reputation to Marshall. Bloomberg puts McCombs at 10th overall, and Foster at 25th - Marshall isn’t even ranked. However, Marshall is still a superb program, but it really all depends on what you want to do - for example, if you want to go into business+technology, Foster is heavily recruited by Microsoft.</p>
<p>^Sorry, you are correct. -.-</p>
<p>Im thinking of majoring in international business or marketing. Im also considering the option to major in political science/international relations.</p>
<p>Ranking by “prestige”
<p>The other aspects are really a matter of personal preference.
It will honestly come down to two things:
-what are your stats; can you get into all of these schools?
-have you visited the campuses? Which one “feels” right? (THIS SHOULD PLAY THE BIGGEST ROLE)</p>
<p>Well, with all due respect to you idontjoke, simondirks is a business major. So he’s pretty much devoid of feelings.</p>
<p>Choose the one with the best job prospects. That’s Marshall. The Marshall/USC family is ridiculously tight knit. They take nepotism to dangerous levels. From what I’m told, by people who attend Marshall, the student’s are particularly bright. But that doesn’t really matter. If you want intellectual stimulation+job prospects, you’d go Haas at Berkeley for undergrad.</p>
<p>I will add that UT McCombs is woefully underrated by the lay person. McCombs has an amazing accounting program and places their students very well with the Big 4. So good resources as well. If you can get UT instate, definitely worth it. Probably not so much if you have to go oos. But then, if you’re looking at USC, I suppose money isn’t that big of an issue.</p>
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<p>That seems rather hyperbolic.</p>
<p>While he will be a business major, he is first and foremost a college student - it is silly to treat people as “devoid of feeling”. Both USC and UT offer great job prospects out of college, which is why it will come down the the subjective elements of the schools.</p>
<p>(also I was wrong earlier, USC is ranked 21st by Bloomberg)</p>
<p>All three are very good. I think USC would probably be more difficult without a car than either UT or UW.</p>
<p>Thank you all. First of all, I’m not devoid of feelings and that’s also why I’m hesitating about the business major. But I have the feeling that if I choose to do political science, it will be a lot harder to get a job somewhere, so I’m still in doubt about that. </p>
<p>I like both the campuses of USC and UT, the thing is that I really like California but I think L.A. might be too big for me, certainly without a car. In that sense Austin seems better but I’m not the biggest fan of Texas. </p>
<p>I’m out of state for all, so money is not the biggest problem indeed. My parents will pay for a large amount and I’ll need to pay them an amount back when I have a job because I didn’t choose the cheapest schools. </p>
<p>I think i have a good shot at getting into all schools, when comparing my stats to the average class stats. I’ll make sure to check Haas. I haven’t checked that one yet, because i thought it was too much of a reach as it is one of the best in the country.</p>
<p>Anyone else having a opinion/suggestion about this choice?</p>