Just how good and accredited is the business program in FSU

[Deftone]

<p>Im currently a high school senior living in Miami and I've been looking into FSU as well as other out-of-state universities. It may be me, or it might not, but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear "FSU" is Seminoles' football.</p>

<p>Anyway, I want to major in Business(Management to be specific). I currently havent decided on which college meets all of my requirements but, right now, its between FSU, Auburn University, UMass - Amherst, UM, and Syracuse. All of these are legit players in the collegiate world. A reason why FSU is looking very attractive to me right now(aside from low in-state tuition) is because of its NROTC program, which, as far as Im concerned, none of the other universities possess such an entity.</p>

<p>Anyway - I've never heard much about the caliber of FSU's College of Business, and Im having a hard time finding info on it online. Can someone, preferably FSU students, tell me about the college, the class sizes, level of interaction with professors, and if it's legit enough to go toe-to-toe with some of the other business programs from other public universities around the nation?</p>

<p>PS: Just in case someone gets on here and starts lecturing me about the amount of money it costs and so on -- Relax. I have multiple scholarships,both in and out-of-state(including one that pays for full tuition to any Florida university as long as I am accepted; this includes UF as well).</p>

[parent2noles]

<p>Should be easy to find information about FSU’s CoB. Here are some excerpts from the FSU CoB Dean’s Fast Facts:</p>

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Accreditation: </p>

<p>The College of Business is accredited by the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Organized in 1916, AACSB International is the premier accrediting agency for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.</p>

<p>Program Rankings & Recognitions:</p>

<p>· U.S. News & World Report ranks the College of Business undergraduate program No. 38 among public institutions in the nation and its MBA program is ranked No. 40 among public institutions. (2011)</p>

<p>· The College of Business undergraduate program is ranked No. 40 among public institutions in the nation by BusinessWeek. Additionally, the COB was ranked No. 29, among both public and private institutions, by BusinessWeek’s senior student survey. (2010)</p>

<p>· U.S. News & World Report ranks the Risk Management/Insurance program No. 7 among public institutions and No. 9 in the nation. (2011)</p>

<p>· The Real Estate Program is ranked No. 10 among public institutions and No.13 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. (2011)</p>

<p>· According to the annual Public Accounting Report, the College’s undergraduate accounting program is ranked No. 20 and its Master of Accounting graduate program is ranked No. 22 among large schools (categorized by the number of teaching professors at an institution). The accounting doctoral program is ranked No. 25 in terms of producing the best teaching professors. (2010)</p>

<p>· BusinessWeek magazine ranks the College of Business undergraduate business program No. 4 in the nation for return on investment. (2010)</p>

<p>· FSU is ranked No. 17 by Kiplinger’s for the best value in public colleges across the country. (2010)

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<p>For more, see: [Fast</a> Facts Feb 2011 / Media Information / About COB / Recruiters & Community / College of Business / FSU - College of Business](<a href=“http://www.cob.fsu.edu/Recruiters-Community/About-COB/Media-Information/Fast-Facts-Feb-2011]Fast”>http://www.cob.fsu.edu/Recruiters-Community/About-COB/Media-Information/Fast-Facts-Feb-2011)</p>

<p>Also, FSU was recognized in 2010 as a “Budget Ivy” by the Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College as shown by this article in the NY Times: <a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/budget-ivy/[/url]”>http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/budget-ivy/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;