Guizueta Business or UF Business School

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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<p>hey you all!
i got accepted to Emory and UF.
I vant to study business. do you think Emory for 4 years is worth $30,000 per year for me?
Or UF where it will be $8,000.
Is Emory's Business School that much better...
please explain! Thanks!</p>

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<p>From BusinessWeek Data [Top</a> Undergraduate Business Programs 2010 - BusinessWeek](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/]Top”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/)</p>

<p>Emory’s Goizueta b-school was ranked 7 in 2010. UF’s Warrington b-school was ranked 55.</p>

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<p>It depends on what your goals are.</p>

<p>If you want to work at a top tier firm in banking/consulting/accounting and go on to a top tier MBA, then it is definitely worth it. The recruiting from Emory is much better in most cases, and the 22k difference per year will seem small compared to the difference in pay 3-4 years post graduation. </p>

<p>If you want to focus on marketing or non-profit, then the pay difference is much smaller. This may make it more difficult to justify the large difference in price between the schools.</p>

<p>If you only care about your academic experience, then you should go to Emory and you should not have mentioned the cash in the first place.</p>

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<p>I partially disagree. Staff accountants’ starting salaries aren’t bad, but if the OP’s only financial aid from Emory is loans, then OP better stay single for a few years or else he’ll find it kind of hard to provide for a family and pay off loans on a staff accountant’s salary. $22*4 = $88,000 is not pocket change for most families in our country. For most people, it’ll take a while to pay off no matter how good the starting salary is.</p>

<p>In general, MBAs value work experience a lot more than undergraduate pedigree. There’s no reason why a degree from Warrington coupled with excellent work experience won’t get OP admitted to a top-level MBA program if OP so desires.</p>

<p>Regarding OP’s choice, I’d pick Goizueta iff they offered “decent” financial aid in the form of grants. If there’s no financial aid other than loans, Warrington in a heart beat.</p>