<p>I just don't know which one I would rather go to. I'm going into the field of Sport Management and Cortland has a more developed program but would Syracuse's name on the Diploma take me further? </p>
<p>What should I choose?</p>
<p>Go to Cortland, Syracuse is way too expensive and overrated, Cortland is cheap and as you said their sports management program is better</p>
<p>Even if Syracuse is overrated, that wouldn't make its reputation (as an overall school) at the level of suny Cortland! He does, however make a point about expenses, and Cortland may very well have the better sports management program.</p>
<p>perhaps say where you want to work...</p>
<p>if it's in the NY area, i'd perhaps say Cortland.</p>
<p>but if it's in California, the SU name may play a larger role.</p>
<p>Why waste over 40K a year when it doesnt matter at all what school you go to for a field like Sports Management, as long as it is an accredited program. Cortland isnt a great school, but really neither is Syracuse (can someone explain to me how its ranked in the top 52?). Just another overrated private school in NY. Binghamton has higher quality students than Syracuse, but nobody seems to know this.</p>
<p>D is a Sport Management Major at Cortland. It's a decent program and it is supposedly well connected with the NY sports community. As she is only a freshman, she really hasn't seen any personal benefits from the program re: internship possibilities as those don't really come into play until junior/senior year.
I think with any school, it is what you make of your opportunity. Syracuse is a fine school, but it is not really known for its Sport Management Program. It's a personal choice, but I think Cortland has a fine program in sport management and it is way less expensive than Syracuse.
Did you check out U Mass/Amherst?? They're supposed to have a great program and it would probably cost less than Syracuse. Ithaca College is supposed to have a good program too. and they can be somewhat generous with financial aid.
FYI- SUNY Cortland sport management program is pretty selective. When we went to orientation, we were told about 700 kids applied for about 80 spots.</p>
<p>I disagree with ckmets - Syracuse is not overrated at all! The Newhouse School is amoung the top rated programs for all kinds of communications majors. Terrific programs, great networking in NYC, etc. Very hard to get into and hard to tranfer into. The Maxwell School (governemnt, IR) is also very highly ranked. </p>
<p>If $$ isn't an issue, I would choose Syracuse. Not knowing much about the Sports management program specifically I would think that being associated with big time Big East Div I basketball, football and lacrosse programs would be helpful and a big plus.</p>
<p>Go to the better oveerall school - people do change majors.</p>
<p>What is it that you want to do with the sports management degree? That matters a lot.</p>
<p>Syracuse= crappy city and overrated university</p>
<p>I see you are from the West Coast, WestCoast101. As someone who lives within an hour of Syracuse, I would say only a handful of cities/large towns in NY are better than Syracuse.</p>
<p>What in spots management do you want to do? What level? That depends a lot. With out knowing these answers I would Syracuse. Great school and. Probley the 3 or 4th best city in NY</p>
<p>^^Not to mention that people in Cortlan go to Syracuse for their "urban" kicks, anyway.</p>
<p>Are there even a handful of cities in NY? I thought Syracuse was in Canada, or maybe Vermont</p>
<p>the actual city of syracuse is rather roughed up ... the real nice places are the suburbs surrounding the city, and the very large mall.</p>
<p>Well, besides NYC and in my opinion Rochester what city in NY is better than Syr? Albany and Schenectady are about comparable. Ithaca and a few places like that might be nicer but they are definitely small enough not to be considered "cities." Everything else is more run-down and ghetto than Syracuse.</p>
<p>NYC ROchester A lot of people like Albany so i would put syracuse 4th</p>
<p>As far as Syracuse being "ghetto"...wouldn't say so. I visited and had heard the remarks about the city being in a tough spot, so I drove around the city the day we visited. The center of downtown was actually really cute. It is a smaller city, and yes there are bad areas - but there are bad areas in every urban center. NYC is one of the richest cities in the world - Syracuse isn't. But every city that isn't full of celebrities isn't /bad/. If anyone is familiar with the Mid Atlantic they might have heard of/been to Baltimore. Syracuse reminds me a lot of Baltimore. Small city, some parts of course are dangerous, but it still has a lot of great things to offer and some really fun spots. The difference is Baltimore has a great music scene, don't know about Syracuse...if you have doubts about the city, though, go online and look some stuff up!</p>
<p>Syracuse's SM program has only in it's first year of existence - no estabilshed alumni network and no developed connections. Pass. Save the $$$ and go to Cortland, it's got a great SM program that is overlooked. Syracuse's name doesn't come into play in the Sport Industry.</p>
<p>try umass at amherst - they supposedly have a good sports management program</p>
<p>go to Syracuse. You will have a much better experience there than at Cortland. There is a huge difference. Syracuse is a top-50 university, a great school. Well worth the extra bucks. Syracuse also give excellent financial aid. The difference in cost may not be as great as you think.</p>