<p>or if not a finance major? if so is it comparable to any of the other top programs that the school is usually matched with like upenn
i knwo the economics program is supposedly pretty good</p>
<p>Yes it has a business school--Fuqua School of Business. </p>
<p>Duke doesn't have a finance major in the undergraduate program, but many people who are considering business school attain a certificate of Markets & Management Studies.</p>
<p>how prestigious is such program/certificate</p>
<p>I am not too familiar with the prestige of the certificate. It is a certificate of course--certificate is somewhat synonymous with minor I believe. </p>
<p>That being said, you will, of course, still have to attain a major. Do not worry about placement into a business school if you are considering apply to Duke undergrad. Duke students gain admittance to excellent business schools. </p>
<p>Here is a link for the certificate: <a href="http://www.markets.duke.edu/program/about.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.markets.duke.edu/program/about.html</a></p>
<p>Witzness, have a look at Duke's [url=<a href="http://pmac.aas.duke.edu/trail/prebusiness.html%5Dpre-business%5B/url">http://pmac.aas.duke.edu/trail/prebusiness.html]pre-business[/url</a>] page.</p>
<p>hmm i was interested in applying to duke, but im looking more for a strong UNDER graduate business major or school ( such as Wharton or Stern) Duke's Economics program does gage my interests though</p>
<p>I think it's pretty hard to compare Duke economics + Markets & Management with Wharton or Stern u-grad. Wharton & Stern are phenominal programs w/ second to none training and professionalism (Sternies wearing business clothes to class!) that is sort of lacking at Duke. Yeah-- Dukies will be very well prepared for careers in all aspects of finance and business, and so many go onto becoming i-bankers upon graduatioon, but, definitely continue to look at Wharton and Stern. (But at the same time remember that a Wharton grad and a Duke econ grad, with slightly different training, can both become analysts when college is all done!)</p>