<p>^Starting salaries for business majors are largely the same; they increase greatly through work experience. I will admit though, the number does leave me a bit surprised. I was pretty sure that the starting salary for Wharton was a 6-digit number; I guess I was wrong. </p>
<p>Anyhow, there are still a few reasons why you would want to choose Wharton over McIntire. First of all, you are not guaranteed admission into McIntire right off the bat at UVa; you have to wait until you can apply for it during sophomore year in college and if you aren’t accepted, you’re in a bit of a difficult situation if your plan was to become a business major. Second of all, I’m sure McIntire has a strong network and has produced some top businessmen, but the bottomline is if your goal in life is to become an extremely wealthy businessman, the best way to start is at the very top. If you look at salaries for students at other colleges, you’ll see that Harvard falls in the middle of the Ivy Leagues, but very few on these boards would dispute that salary alone would make Harvard in the middle of the pack in terms of career prospects for Ivy grads. Nevertheless, you are right in that McIntire is an underrated and superb school.</p>