Recently admitted to TCNJ as a business major with a specialization in finance. Any info on how good this program is or anything you know about it would be super helpful in making a decision! Thanks!
Trying to make the same decision. Can’t decide between Rutgers and TCNJ for finance. Based on graduating students I know in both programs, it seems to me that both could lead to good/similar positions. Some rankings put TCNJ business as the number 1 business undergrad in the state. I’m just not too sure about the finance connections the school has or how the majority of the business students find jobs compared to the top of the class.
Colleges do surveys as to what their graduates are doing one year out.
TCNJ: http://career.pages.tcnj.edu/files/2014/10/School-of-Business.pdf
Rutgers:
http://careers.rutgers.edu/userfiles/uploads/files/gradsurveys/052013undergraduates.pdf
https://careers.rutgers.edu/page.cfm?page_id=462&school=38
In 2014 Bloomberg rated TCNJ #1 in NJ:
http://business.tcnj.edu/testimonials-rankings/businessweek/
The College of New Jersey’s School of Business continues to be ranked by Bloomberg Businessweek among the top 100 undergraduate business programs in the nation in 2014. This year TCNJ’s School of Business placed #63 in the country, and ranks as the number one undergraduate business school in New Jersey, according to the Bloomberg Businessweek Survey of Best Undergraduate Business Schools.
Introduced in 2006, the Businessweek undergraduate rankings are determined by nine measures, including surveys of 85,000 senior business majors and nearly 600 corporate recruiters, median starting salaries for graduates, and the number of graduates each program sends to top MBA programs. They also calculate an academic quality rating for each program by combining SAT scores, student-faculty ratios, class size, the percentage of students with internships, and the number of hours students devote to class work.
Behind TCNJ are Seton Hall University at #78; Rutgers University – New Brunswick at #118; and Rutgers University – Newark at #128.
I think another to think about is do you want to be in a huge school with all the good and bad of that (taking buses to classes) or a smaller school.
agree with bopper. IMHO - for the money it seems having smaller classes and more direct involvement with prof is a huge plus. If you prefer larger classes and huge lecture halls where you will not be required to participate then consider a larger school. Keep in mind TCNJ is a very competitive school, ie Barrons rates it as a top 75 most competitive schools in the nation and in particular finance majors. Ultimately if you do very well, like top 2-5% in either school you’ll be in great shape but for my money TCNJ is known to be somewhat more selective and competitive.