<p>Duke BME is top in the nation otherwise their programs are comparable.</p>
<p>Duke econ>>Umich</p>
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<p>If you have any questions reguarding Cornell and/or Michigan, feel free to PM me. I attended the latter for my undergraduate studies and the former for my graduate studies.</p>
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JHU may have something to say about that.</p>
<p>Yeaaaaah, I guess Duke and UMich engineering programs are comparable when you take out UMich's Chemical, Nuclear, Aerospace, IEOR, and Naval Architecture programs and eliminate 19 of UMich's National Academy of Engineering members.</p>
<p>touche. i guess by comparable i meant umich has a few other programs that no one wants to major in anyway (except chemE, which is obvioulsy very popular).</p>
<p>The Eng. Management Dept. at Duke overlaps the IEOR Dept. at Michigan in some areas, but judging by their names, Duke's emphasis is on management/business, while Michigan's program is more technical/mathematical. </p>
<p>Also, the other programs that DukeBlueDevils says "no one wants to major in" -- nuclear, aerospace, and naval architecture -- well, these are highly technical and specialized fields. They're, of course, not for everyone. </p>
<p>It appears to me that Michigan's Engineering has more breath and depth (not to mention the significantly higher ranking of the more popular majors like electrical, mechanical, and civil). This is unsurprising for big and well-known schools like Berkeley and Michigan.</p>
<p>Eng. Management at Duke is a master program. So it's irrelevant.</p>
<p>At the undergrad level, Duke has only four deparments: biomedical, civil & environmental, electrical & computer, and mechanical & materials. The don't even have chemical. Biomedical is the only one that's ranked highly.</p>
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<p>Thanks for confirming the delusion of Dukies - lol!</p>
<p>If you wish to major in economics go to Duke or Georgetown. Otherwise go to Michigan.</p>
<p>The problem i have with Duke and Georgetown is that they are rarely rated higher than Michigan in any of the specific areas i want to go into. In fact, Duke and Georgetown usually don't come close to Michigan in the rankings except for the "overall" category. However i don't know how much weight should be given to rankings so i asked about general reputations which seem to place them all equal (with a few giving Duke a small edge.)</p>
<p>Another question... I have looked all over the place for a set of undergraduate economics rankings and have been unsuccessful. I noticed there is a CC thread that discussed it but it was very opinionated and evoked fiery debate. Do you know of any site that gives good rankings for undergrad econ? If so it would help me get a good overview of what to expect from the econ departments at some of the schools i'm applying to. THANKS.</p>
<p>There's no undergrad econ ranking.</p>
<p>The graduate rankings from USNWR are a good proxy for undergrad.</p>
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differentiating between #1 and #2 is splitting hairs...Duke and JHU are on the same level.</p>
<p>^ Get real - we all know you weren't comparing Duke to JHU...</p>
<p>I don't know if he's actually one of the "Dukies". I just did a search and I think he goes to Berkeley. I know it's kinda funny!</p>
<p>Whats wrong with comparing the caliber of Duke students to Johns Hopkins kids?</p>
<p>I assumed the problem was with "all other programs are comparable", since Duke is average/nonexistent in all other engineering areas besides BME.</p>
<p>" I would be studying either business/econ or engineering with goals of entering a top tier MBA program (Wharton, Harvard, etc...)."</p>
<p>Almost no one goes to a top-tier MBA program right out of undergraduate school. Among these three, you'll get no brownie points for one over any of the others. The big question will be what happens after you've landed in your first job.</p>
<p>I'm not really interested in BME so It's not a good selling point for Duke. Duke however would look a lot better to me if it had a considerably better econ program than Michigan. In the end, though, its all about getting in to the best MBA program i can so i don't know which would give me the best opportunities.</p>
<p>Mini, i wasn't aware of that. So i guess that changes the question to which school looks better to big backs like GS or JPM, etc...</p>
<p>And I think the obvious answer is "depends", and, among these three, it probably doesn't make one whit of difference. (But, I imagine, the engineering program at UMichigan is top-notch.)</p>