<p>I was wondering how their business administration is?? And also their marketing?</p>
<p>one of the best.
the uc system only has three schools with business programs, berkeley, riverside, and irvine. riverside’s program is indisputeably better than irvines.</p>
<p>I’d say business is pretty impacted at UCR. It’s really competitive. it’s one of the best in the UC systems. Here is the website for UCR business program: [Undergraduate</a> Business Program: Home](<a href=“Undergraduate | School of Business”>http://undergradbusiness.ucr.edu/)</p>
<p>My son and husband just got back yesterday from a tour at UCR, and reported that the tour guide talked about UCR’s growing reputation as a business school. I think it is definitely maturing as a program.</p>
<p>i forgot to say, my cousins friend graduated from ucr last year as a business admin major and he got a job straight out of college and they paid for him to move across the country to work for them. in this economy, that’s really hard to do.</p>
<p>I’m a Business Administration/Pre-Business major. Supposedly, UCR has the best Business school out of the whole UCs. I think it’s true since now UCR’s Business school has given more requirements for students entering the major. Such as a higher GPA and more required courses. So yes, this is indeed a good business school.</p>
<p>I attended a info meeting about the UCR’s business school at SF over the weekend, and I am pretty impressed with their program. They are definatley growing their repuation as a business school and the program definetley is promising and legit. I honestly think UCR is a great school for buisness since there are only 3 UCs that even have a business school ( Berkley, UCLA - for grad students, and UCR)</p>
<p>I’m a 4th year at the SoBA (School of Business Administration) at UCR (soba was created couple years ago actually!)</p>
<p>Yes there are prereqs and min gpa to get in so in that sense they do keep the prestige level of their program; however, it’s a fairly low gpa req at 2.5 at the moment so in that sense I guess they need numbers.</p>
<p>The classes themselves are well, very random in terms of helpfulness and skill building for business. In terms of exit/graduate job opportunities, you need to have a go-getter mentality because only a few top companies come to UCR’s job fair. However if you have some elbow grease and a persistent networking skillset SoBA should position you well.</p>
<p>I would say the most successful concentration in SoBA is their accounting department as E&Y has started to recruit out of SoBA (And i know a couple top-tier students getting into the other Big 4) In terms of marketing, you need to be someone who takes initiative and is proactive because nothing at UCR is going to be handed to you compared to other top schools. Firms don’t have too many resources and will hire out of more well-known and historically proven schools than UCR. Thus you need to go out and get internships yourselves, esp because most big companies are based in LA, and OC and most of these companies don’t want to make the drive out to Riverside to attend a job fair where the candidates may not be as competitive as let’s say USC or UCLA. (i have a friend who got into Saatchi & Saatchi a top marketing firm right out of college, but then again she went out and got her internships and did about 3-4 internships before graduating to get it).</p>
<p>So it’s a very conditional answer to say SoBA is good or not. For those that know what they want and go get it, yes it can be a good school. If you want something handed to you (such as USC and UCLa where employers flock to) then no, you’re going to end up doing something you don’t like because you’ll get a job in an industry you don’t want to be in (story of my non-motivated friends at UCR)</p>
<p>Hope this helps! (Currently for me, I know what I want (i-banking industry) and am in my 4th year at SoBA and currently interning at a private equity firm in Irvine making the 45 min commute every Monday Wednesday after my class. Like i said most successful students at UCR are pro-active and take initiative and are willing to make sacrifices (such as long commutes or endless cold calling for internships or jobs) to get what they want)</p>