<p>I'm just wondering what schools in the UC system are good. I have been accepted (transfer) by all the UCs and am planning a Business / Economics major (which morphs depending on which school I attend) however I am thinking of maybe just sticking with the economics side of things.
As of right now, I know UCLA and Berkeley are good... but then again they are good at everything. But at the same time I am considering UCSD with their Management Science and I hear they are very strong in the Economics field. Also, to date, UCI has been the only school to offer me a considerable amount of gift aid (6k while other schools have given me nothing) which may also sway my decision as economic times have hurt everyone. </p>
<p>So I guess what I'm looking for is input on all the UC schools economic programs, pros and cons(especially interested in UCI and SD, but input on schools like LA, Berkeley, and Davis are very much so welcome and encouraged). </p>
<p>It really depends on what you want to do after graduation. Different schools offer different forms such as business economics, managerial ecnomics, and then strait up econ. In general, I would say most who go into economics want to do consulting, or work for a big firm. From talking with many econ professors from many colleges I would say ranking wise goes Berkeley Econ, UCLA Biz Econ then their regular Econ, UCSD Econ, and then a debatable UC Davis with managerial economics. Many do not know that the managerial econ at Davis is a program designed for becoming consultants and firms globally come to davis to recruit there. Other uc’s do not have a program specially for consulting.</p>
<p>yes I was hoping for some kind of consulting or research job afterward. however, i was also considering going for a PhD if my grades allow me to haha.</p>
<p>If you want pure economics go to UCSD. If you want the dual business/econ cirriculum like UCLA then go to UCI because they offer accounting and management minors from their B-school. If you want the prestige then go to UCB or UCLA.</p>
<p>You will probably make it to grad school by going anywhere, getting good grades, and having the right extracurriculars.</p>
<p>The undergraduate programs at the various UC’s are all very good. UCSD, UCLA and UC Berkeley are very dedicated to their Economics graduate studies, therefore, their undergrad programs are all very good. UC Davis ranks high on the list as well - but well behind these 3 universities. Since they will all prepare you well, the question would be which school would most benefit you in the work place. Your employer is unlikely to be able to distinguish the minute details of the program and will be more interested in where your degree is from. These distinctions come down to his or her personal preferences - most likely putting UCLA and UCB in the top two, UCSD in the number 3 spot and Davis as his 4th. Your decision, purely based academically, should be between UCLA and UCB - but UCSD is no slouch and, from what I’ve heard, has a much better atmosphere. </p>
<p>If planning graduate work, UC Berkeley and UCSD are nearly indistinguishable, both ranked number 6 overall in the U.S. News and World Report in 2009. But your undergraduate college does not play a huge role in which of those school will accept you, so any of the UC’s will benefit you if planning to go to graduate school - just keep up your grades and really get the most from the University you attend.</p>
<p>So yeah, just reiterating what everyone has said. All the UCs have good Econ programs. There are no rankings for undergrad Econ so you’ll just have to go off the Grad rankings and assume they are closely related.</p>
<p>Now some personal input on UCLA Econ. I enjoy it a lot. Econ is just about tied for most popular major here (with COMM and PreMeds).</p>
<p>There is no business major here, but we have career fairs with recruiters (for example the Big 4) and they are basically after Bus Econ and Econ majors. I find this to be a plus because you are not competing for business-related jobs against Accounting, Bus Admin, Marketing majors, etc… Everyone pursuing business is part of the Econ department of some sort.</p>
<p>You are in close proximity to the Anderson School of Management, which is highly ranked (I forgot exact number, but lower than Haas, higher than USC’s Marshall) for MBA schools. And so you have access to take management classes held at the school itself. I’m currently in a Project Management class there, and plan to enroll in several more next year.</p>
<p>Anyways, more to come when I get back from class…</p>
<p>Sorry, my information came from the specific study of Econometrics, within the Economics field. i apologize for the misinformation. Information can be found here</p>
<p>wow thanks everyone, this has been extremely helpful
i have been looking for those kind of stats and rankings for a long time, but just wasnt looking in the right places</p>
<p>If you have any other insights or opinions Reaper, I’d gladly read it
I’ll take all perspectives that i can get =D</p>
<p>and Logic, Jetforce posted a link so you acn see the PhD prep for Econ (i dont think you can rank a schools econ against another schools econ/math major though, just econ to econ, econ/math to econ/math</p>
<p>If you want to go onto graduate school do math/econ or focus on micro econ with a strong background in calculus. Try and be through calc 4(differential equations/linear) by time of transfer so you do not have to take it in grad school where it will be much harder…</p>
<p>the more math you take the better prepared you will be later on. Finance is very math oriented which is why there are mathematical finance programs.</p>
<p>Anything economics related beyond the B.A. is going to require extensive amounts of math. As for the M.B.A., that requires, at most usually, only calculus 2. The calculus is not even really going to be used extensively, it’s just that admissions officers want to see you can think in an abstract mathematical sense. As for finance, I am not sure.</p>