<p>What schools (that are not ivies or anything like Stanford or MIT) are great business schools? The school doesn't have to be great for everything, but a school that would be considered good in the business world? Please don't list any schools that are insanely hard to get in.</p>
<p>Check out Bentley</p>
<p>Indiana University Kelley School of Business</p>
<p>Most of the Ivies don’t have undergraduate business schools</p>
<p>Ohio State
Miami Ohio
U of Illinois
UVA
Wisconsin
Penn State</p>
<p>Michigan Ross, NYU Stern, Berkeley Haas would be among the top non-Ivy-tier business schools.</p>
<p>Rankings aren’t everything, but this is a decent place to start.
[Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2012 - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>@terenc thanks! i had never thought about berkeley before.</p>
<p>Some others to look into (in no particular order): USC, Notre Dame, UNC, Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, Bucknell, Emory, WashU, BC, Villanova, Fordham</p>
<p>You may also want to look into the length of the program, I know Ross (unless you are a DA which is super competitive) is 3 year meaning your acceptance into the b school is conditional on your Freshman year performance, the same goes for Berkeley except has is a 2 year program.</p>
<p>It really depends on the type of business you want to study. </p>
<p>For Accounting, Texas, Illinois, Southern California, BYU, and Notre Dame are the best. </p>
<p>For Finance, Michigan, Penn, NYU, Cal-Berkeley, and MIT are top notch. </p>
<p>For Marketing, Penn, Michigan, Indiana, and Cal-Berkeley are all solid.</p>
<p>@2014nhs: I should warn you, though, that while Berkeley Haas is considered by many to be the top non-Ivy business school, you have top apply in your sophomore year at Berkeley. You are not admitted from high school straight into Haas. So it can sometimes be wiser to attend an undergrad business school that is on par with Haas and admits students directly. I’d say the risk is only worth it if you’re in-state.</p>
<p>how is villanova’s business school generally considered? i know the school isn’t as good as some, but as long as it is a decent undergrad business school i think that its a good option.</p>
<p>You could also apply to Haas as a junior level transfer student from a community college or other 4 year school. However, that is still no easy feat.</p>
<p>It should be noted that Haas (Cal), Ross (Michigan), Stern (NYU), McDonough (Georgetown), Mendoza (Notre Dame) are a couple others are as selective as the Ivy League.</p>
<p>"It should be noted that Haas (Cal), Ross (Michigan), Stern (NYU), McDonough (Georgetown), Mendoza (Notre Dame) are a couple others are as selective as the Ivy League. "</p>
<p>I’m not so sure about that. I worked for a Big Four firm in Chicago, and our firm recruited a lot of ND students. I would say most of them scored around 30-32 on the ACT. While those are solid numbers, they’re not going to get you into Harvard, Yale, or Princeton for undergrad.</p>
<p>Bill, first of all, standardized test scores are not an indication of selectivity. Secondly, the mid 50% ACT range for Notre Dame is 30-34, which is higher than Brown (29-33) or Cornell (28-33) and as high as Penn and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Alexandre,</p>
<p>Notre Dame isn’t nearly as selective as Ivy league schools.</p>
<p>I have yet to meet someone from ND that told me that they turned down Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or Columbia to receive an Accounting degree at ND. And I worked with lots of ND grads that liked to flash their blue rings around. :-)</p>
<p>I also worked with a guy that went to Cornell, but I have never viewed that school like I do HYP. It’s kind of the bottom feeder of the Ivies.</p>
<p>Bill, there are 5 Ivies other than HYP. I agree that not many people would turn down HYP in favor of Notre Dame. I don’t know many who would turn then down for any university other than Stanford and MIT actually. But I am sure many Notre Dame students have turned down other Ivies. In fact, I personally know several that did.</p>
<p>Alexandre,</p>
<p>I find that hard to believe.</p>
<p>Like I said, I have worked with several ND grads that finished near the top of their class, and while they were somewhat impressive, they weren’t as strong as the econ majors I have met from some of the stronger Ivy league schools. </p>
<p>ND is a solid school if you want to work in public accounting, but it’s not as selective overall as the Ivies.</p>
<p>Bill, I have no reason to defend Notre Dame. I am an alum of a rival school in fact. I think you overestimate the quality of Ivy League grads. At any rate, let us agree to disagree. </p>
<p>To the OP, beware of many of those suggestions above. Many of those schools are public and very selective when it comes to OOS applicants (Cal and UNC), many of those require students to complete a year at the university before applying to the Business program (Cal, UVa and Michigan), and many of those are very selective regardless. </p>
<p>I think one of the best recommendations is Indiana (Kelley).</p>