<p>[edit] College of Business and Economics
In 2007, BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh’s College of Business and Economics 20th in the nation among undergraduate business programs.[7] Lehigh’s accounting program is particularly strong, ranked as the 6th best undergraduate accounting program in the nation by BusinessWeek.[8] Accounting and finance majors at Lehigh are heavily recruited by Big Four auditors, consulting firms, and investment banks.</p>
<p>Are you serious? The list he gave only goes up to 25. Business week has them at 12, 26, and 20 because business week is ********.</p>
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<p>And what is wrong with Public? Kenan-Flagler, Ross, Mcintire, Haas, and Mccombs are great schools. As are many other publics. You tell me what is wrong with a public school and give me a GOOD explanation.</p>
<p>Northeastern is outside the top 50 because it has an outside the top 50 reputation. You leave the northeast and no one knows about it. Just because a School is good doesn’t make it top 25 good. for example, Bentley has a great program, but they are definitely not top 25.</p>
<p>You’re going to pull out Wikipedia for sources? You’re in high school, I would think that your teachers had taught you how unreliable wikipedia is by now.</p>
<p>And also, I want to know why a private school is so much better than a public school.</p>
<p>Northeastern does not carry an elite name. It is not deserving of a spot in the top 50. USnews is commonly accepted as the strongest ranking, so you can let businessweek go. USnews is not biased towards public universities. No public university even cracks the top 20 of the USnews national university list. Lil<em>Wayne</em>Fan, what is your problem with public universities? I can’t believe that someone supporting an average private institution like Northeastern would attack any public university programs. Public universities are the best in numerous fields. Penn State has a strong business program. Smeal is definitely not Ross, but do not lump all public programs together that are below Ross.</p>
<p>I never said Northeastern carried a great name, I merely said they have a wonderful undergrad business school, partly because unique co-op program</p>
<p>And do you really think Lehigh is not Top 50 material?</p>
<p>Everyone I’ve seen said Lehigh’s business program is amazing, especially for finance and accounting</p>
<p>you guys talk like the US news rankings are the be all end all of college. Penn state is so large that it can’t offer the same personalized education that Lehigh has. Besides that, Lehigh’s name is head and shoulders above Penn State; go to Wall Street and visit the Goldman Sachs office, ask them what they think - their opinion is what matters most because they’re the job recruiters. Look at average starting salaries - guess who’s is higher? If what USNWR has to say is more important to you than starting salary, and recruiter’s opinion’s than PSU is the school for you - otherwise Lehigh is clearly better.</p>
<p>If cost is a factor than it’s a different story, that was just judging the B school.</p>
<p>Oh, so you’re claiming that you’ve been to the GS office and personally asked them which university is better? Where’s the proof that GS recruiters think Lehigh is a better university than PSU? I’m sorry, but you are talking out of your you know what.</p>
<p>wow cc is so clearly full of people who clearly know what they are talking about, and people who have no idea what they are even saying. </p>
<p>but wow, effrum, do you like personally have an in with GS or somethin? that’s impressive!</p>
<p>but otherewise, if you don’t, please don’t make asinine assumptions about how the world’s largest ibank perceives universities. </p>
<p>and lil wayne and effrum are both biased towards private universities if you look at all of there other posts, they don’t even have legit info to back them up. </p>
<p>and lil wayne, could you please cite all of those statistics you provided in your last post, and while youre at it, provide some reasoning as to why youre so against public?</p>
<p>First, for the record, Villanova has a very respected undergrad. bus. program. Next, PSU recognizes that its bus. prog. is too large so restrictions been put into place to deal with that issue. When the question is posed, “which is better”? For what?? Specifically. Lehigh has very respected program. Explore the programs…</p>
<p>Can you provide a comparison of sources from each school to support your statements? Because that is what they are, statements, not fact. I could have written the same thing but said PennState instead of lehigh.</p>
<p>public schools just tend to have a weaker student body because their primary institutional goals are to educate the students of the state. </p>
<p>while public schools do indeed have bright, intelligent, and motivated students, they only comprise a small percentage of the school. for example, compare Penn State with the top private schools and LACs of PA: Lehigh, Villanova, UPenn, Swarthmore, Haverford. most of the students that attend Penn State obviously didn’t want to challenge and motivate themselves to do their best, putting financial reasons aside.</p>
<p>“most of the students that attend Penn State obviously didn’t want to challenge and motivate themselves to do their best, putting financial reasons aside.”</p>
<p>that is an absurd statement. i am shocked that you would even say something so asinine. it is quite hypocritical of you as well, considering you are a former rutgers student (which according to you is equivalent to penn state) and i am also 99% sure that it is not even remotely true. how can you even make the assumption?<br>
and why would you put financial reasons aside? that is a HUGE factor in determining a college, and i believe that since you’ve transferred from rutgers to michigan you think you are a big shot now… well a few years ago you were in our position too, and don’t forget it.</p>
<p>mdelanoy12, i am not making an assumption because it is true for a lot of the students. i have visited penn state many times and my ex just graduated from there. i’m not saying this is the case for everyone, but most of the people i met put partying, drinking, and drugs, ahead of studying and educational development. and in consideration of financial reasons, all i meant was that pa residents attend penn state because it is definitely a great value, and the high achievers in high school basically go for free.</p>
<p>i definitely do not think i am a big shot at all, but i have been through the transfer process many times and have accumulated experience from all types of schools: community college, a state school, a top public school, and an ivy league institution. it is obvious that the student bodies of each school are going to be different. and to mightynick, i’m not trying to say that psu is any worse than lehigh, but the student body population of lehigh as a whole is obviously going to have better scores and grades compared to a state university such as penn state.</p>
<p>And I don’t know specifically about GS, but i’ve had my share of discussions with corporate professionals and generally, Lehigh’s name carrys more weight</p>