<p>It seems like berkeley, michigan, and illinois have the worst financial issues out of the top ten public universities. That explains the extremely high out of state tuition at these schools.
UVA and wisconsin seem to be the most stable financially.</p>
<p>andrew1992, I don’t understand your analysis because Michigan’s endowment ($5-6 billion) is much larger than UVa and Wisconsin. </p>
<p>UVa also has extremely high OOS tuition (<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/Facts/Glance_Tuition.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/Facts/Glance_Tuition.html</a>) and will rely less on state funding in the near future. </p>
<p>Endowment figures are a better measure of a school’s financial stability.</p>
<p>Recharge, I am sorry but when you say “Ross”, do you mean this Ross?</p>
<p>USNWR Ranking of top MBA Business Schools:</p>
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<li>UC Berkeley (Haas)</li>
<li>Univ. of Michigan (Ross)</li>
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<p>The state of michigan does a very poor job at funding the school. Umich has one of the highest out of state tuition rates in the country. If the school has a high endowment, tuition should ideally be lower.
In Wisconsin, oos tuition is kept much lower despite the school’s lower endowment.</p>
<p>I think that Washington is equal to illinois.</p>
<p>University of Florida anyone?</p>
<p>WI has multiple endowments that total about $4b, but Madison still gets significant $ from the state so raising tuition is more political. MI has far more flexibility setting its tuition than other publics due to its autonomy from the state of MI, but on the other hand receives less $ from the state and needs every penny of that endowment.</p>
<p>Mr. Payne, this makes sense</p>
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<p>I meant the undergrad Ross, sorry. I admit Ross MBA is not prestigious.</p>
<p>A year or so ago, the Atlanta Journal-Consitution did a study of athletes vs. students and SAT scores for Division I public schools. Georgia Tech was #1 for athletes and #1 for students. Tech misses out on some of the standard rankings for lack of majors. They are first, engineering and science; second, management, with a quantitative orientation; and third, public policy and international affairs and a few other majors in the College of Liberal Arts. There is also a full chance to take courses at Emory (reciprocated) and a bus that runs from one campus to the other for those who do so.
Given a choice in the liberal arts, I would choose UNC-CH and I base this on graduates I have known over the years.
Duke lost me with the way the faculty behaved during the stripper rape case.</p>
<p>Recharge, oh ok…but since we are talking about the overall most prestigious public universities, we are also talking graduate schools aren’t we?</p>
<p>and in this case, UC Berkeley’s MBA program is much more prestigious than Michigan’s…</p>
<p>in fact if you want to look at professional school by school and department by department to compare these two schools, I would be more than glad to show the facts.</p>
<p>oops, forgot…here are the undergraduate business school rankings:</p>
<p>[Top</a> Undergraduate Business Programs 2010 - BusinessWeek](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/]Top”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/)</p>
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<p>Folks sorry about that prestigious in the world comment on UC Berkeley…</p>
<p>should be for U.S.</p>
<p>I imagined a few Brits fell off their chairs on that one…</p>
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<p>Yes, but you realize that Ross was ranked 4th in 2009 and 8th in 2010. Haas was ranked 6th both years. You need to find definitive proof that Haas is superior to Ross before you can convince me.</p>
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BusinessWeek rankings fluctuate every year and are generally regarded as inaccurate. For example, American University was #26 last year and is now completely off the radar. Also, Wharton is not ranked #1 there, which is frankly ridiculous; if you want another example, the University of Seattle is ranked #1 in recruiter survey ranking. Ross is 26th this year and 8th last year in this (recruiter survey) ranking. Such fluctuation is obviously nonexistent.</p>
<p><a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_2009/[/url]”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_2009/</a></p>
<p>Recharge, yes I fully agree with you on those Business week rankings</p>
<p>would you like tfor you to post on a few other professional schools departments to see how UCB and Michigan compare?</p>
<p>There is no question that Berkeley is a more prestigious university overall, but the University of Michigan does match it neck-and-neck in certain programs.</p>
<p>A Michigan MBA degree will still open up a lot of opportunities than some other less well-known b-schools. This is especially true if you plan to work in the Midwest and Northeast regions. The Haas MBA degree is obviously stronger on the West Coast. Don’t assume because its ranking is #12 that is it not prestigious.</p>
<p>USNWR top Public Universities for Undergraduate School
21. UC Berkeley
24. UCLA
24. Virginia
27. Michigan
28. UNC
33. Willaim and Mary
35. Georgia Tech
35. UCSD
39. Illinois
39. Wisconsin
42. UC Davis
42. UCSB
42. Washington
46. UC Irvine
47. Penn State
47. Texas
47. Florida</p>
<p>USNWR Top Engineering Undergraduate Public Universities
2. UC Berkeley
5. Georgia Tech
5. Illinois
7. Michigan
9. Purdue
9. Texas</p>
<p>USNWR Top Graduate Business MBA Public Universities
7. UC Berkeley
12. Michigan
13. Virginia
15. UCLA
16. Texas
21. Ohio State
22. UNC
23. Indiana
24. Minnesota</p>
<p>USNWR Top Law Schools - Public Universities
7. UC Berkeley
9. Michigan
10. Virginia
15. UCLA
15. Texas
21. Illinois
22. Minnesorta</p>
<p>USNWR Top Graduate Engineering Schools - Public Univ.
3. UC Berkeley
4. Georgia Tech
5. Illinois
8. Michigan
9. Texas
12. Texas A&M
13. Purdue
13. UCSD
15. UCLA
15. Wisconsin
19. UCSB
22. Marlyland
23. Penn State</p>
<p>U Florida!</p>