<p>Ok so I'm currently a sophomore in High School. Anyways, what schools have the most recognized/best finance programs?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>What are your grades and scores like? That will help us narrow down your list.</p>
<p>At the undergraduate level, the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton school is a notch above the rest. Trailing behind Wharton are the following schools in alphabetical order:</p>
<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
New York University (Stern)
University of California-Berkeley (Haas)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)</p>
<p>Other good programs include:
Georgetown University (McDonough)
University of Texas-Austin (McCombs)
University of Virginia (McIntire)</p>
<p>If your interest in Finance is academic, the above programs are all great. If your interest is professional, meaning that you only wish to work in the financial domain when you graduate, then try to remember that a degree in Finance is not required. Attending any top university, regardless of major, can open doors in the financial field. Some schools, such as Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Northwestern, Chicago, Duke, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell (to name a few) are all awesome at preparing students for the next level, even if they do not offer undergraduate degrees in Business or Finance. By awesome, I mean as good as any top Business school.</p>
<p>Wow, Alenadre. You're really very informative and unbiased. Are you by any chance a high school counselor? You sound like one, particularly like our high school counselor. :)</p>
<p>I am not a school counselor. Gathering information on universities is a hobby of mine.</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, Alexandre attended University of Michigan and Cornell (don't remember which was for undergraduate and for graduate)....did a stint in IBD...and...I forgot what he is doing in Dubai right now</p>
<p>^ stalker :D </p>
<p>j/k :)</p>
<p>NYU is top tier and has the benefit of being in one of the world's major corporate cities. If you're looking to break into the business, making connections with top companies is definitely a good idea, and there's really no better place to do so than NYC. </p>
<p>UPenn, Northwestern, USC, and Georgetown are also good bets, balancing prestigious business/finance programs with good urban locations for the field.</p>
<p>Also - if you need a solid safety, look at UGA. Their b-school is solid, and Atlanta has been ranked one of the best cities for doing business (lots of Fortune 500 companies).</p>
<p>worldchanger, the best financial companies recruit from Wharton and Harvard. nyu is good, but the two schools I mentioned are in a league of their own.</p>
<p>I know. :)</p>
<p>I was just looking at it from a location perspective. I did mention Wharton too.</p>
<p>sure. i understand the reason you mentioned stern specifically is the fact that the OP might actually be able to get in, lol. the 2 big ones are unrealistic for most.</p>
<p>The other issue is what part of finance you want to go into. This aspect relates not just to where you go to school -- Alexandre laid that out very well -- but what you study. There are parts of finance where it really pays to be a brainiac math-head. If you want to go into finance, don't shy away from math but embrace it if you want your options more open later.</p>
<p>A lot of times when people talk about finance, they are really just meaning investment banking. Finance is a huge field with a lot of different career paths.</p>
<p>Northwestern has no undergrad finance degree but check this out. :)</p>
<p>Honestly, I think the finance sector is beyond having top schools. The best people in finance are the ones that can use their skills well, not the ones that graduated from Wharton. </p>
<p>[Enter the twenty million people on CC that believe this is a way to narrow down the large pool of applicants]</p>
<p>I think the best preparation for a finance job is to go to a generally higher ranking school where you'll be surrounded by other intelligent people, and to make sure you have a sufficient study in math and the markets.</p>
<p>Princeton has a certificate in finance</p>
<p>world changer, you mentioned UGA as a good undergradute b-school because of Atlanta. Then why not Emory? I'm wondering as a Ga resident. I can attend UGA for free or Emory with about 70k debt so this would help a lot!
Thanks :)</p>