<p>I got accepted to both Northeastern and Bentley and I am curious which business school is better (job placement, prestige, education, experience, etc.)?</p>
<p>Northeastern is probably better. Does bently have coop?</p>
<p>I don’t think so but Bentley has a 99% Career Placement Rate and the median starting salary is $50,000</p>
<p>That 99 percent statistic might be based on the “responding graduates” . That is, of the students who responded, to the survey 78 percent were working and 21 percent were in graduate school. Just double check the stats and make sure that what they are telling you is really accurate.</p>
<p>Its seems like a legitimate stat. They even break down the percentages.</p>
<p><a href=“Finding the Right Internship”>http://www.bentley.edu/impact/articles/finding-right-internship</a>
<a href=“http://www.bentley.edu/newsroom/latest-headlines/bentley-university-99-percent-career-placement-rate-challenges-bleak-job”>http://www.bentley.edu/newsroom/latest-headlines/bentley-university-99-percent-career-placement-rate-challenges-bleak-job</a></p>
<p>How does northeastern compare? Are there any stats?</p>
<p>If it matters, I knew about Northeastern for a long time, and I’d never heard of Bentley until one of my sister’s friends went there (he actually just transferred to Northeastern, which is something to note). I live in upstate NY and Bentley is not commonly known while NEU is. This might just be a regional thing.</p>
<p>First, let me just say that you should probably only consider Bentley if you are SET on business. The school is obviously only a business school, and if you decide to change your major you’d probably have to transfer. If you ARE set on business, then by all means consider Bentley. The student body is more homogeneous at Bentley as a result, as all kids are business majors. It is up to you to decide whether you prefer this environment or not; it’s a personal preference.</p>
<p>I visited both schools, but didn’t apply to Bentley. I know the business school at NEU is one of the hardest programs to be admitted to, and has a great regional reputation. The business school also recently got a huge alumni gift (the D’Amore-McKim part of the name) and as such their buildings are updated and well-staffed.</p>
<p>Location is relatively close, but to me being in central Boston like NEU is much more beneficial than being in sleepy Waltham; city is still accessible, so it’s not a HUGE difference, but it’s a difference nonetheless.</p>
<p>Co-op is huge huge huge for business majors. I am not sure about internships at Bentley, but having the ability to do 3 six month full-time stints at various businesses is absolutely insane. Not only does it allow you to realize what you’re looking for exactly before you graduate, it looks great on your resume to have three business references and all that experience. These are also different than most internships, because 1.) they aren’t three month summer stints, 2.) you take off school to do them, and 3.) THEY’RE PAID!!! I know some internships are paid, but not all; all NEU business co-ops are paid, I believe, many starting at 12-15/hour and going up as you get more experience.</p>
<p>Okay, so sorry this is really long but I hope I helped. I tried not to be biased but I know very little about Bentley other than 1.) I visited and wasn’t impressed and 2.) a friend of mine transferred from Bentley to NEU. So take this with a grain of salt. Good luck!</p>
<p>Just to add some pro-Bentley things so I don’t look like I totally hate it: Bentley has really great facilities, including their trading floor. Also, again a personal preference thing but Bentley would definitely have smaller classes as the student body is like 1/8 the size of NEU or something.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks.</p>
<p>Do you know why your sister’s brother transferred out of Bentley?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t pay too much attention to those career placement/salary statistics. Those are usually just based on optional surveys by students right before they graduate (a lot of students don’t even have job offers at this point-- about 1/2 my friends took a few months off that summer to do whatever before going to work), and ignores the fact that a number of very successful students are headed to grad/med/law/whatever school and therefore making a future salary $0.</p>
<p>To completely honest I haven’t spoken with him in a while, but I know he’s still a business major so it wasn’t that he wanted to change his major. He’s a really social kid, too, so I don’t think it would be something like not fitting in. That would leave academics and opportunities.</p>