<p>hmm? this is undergraduate, not grad school.</p>
<p>I was refrerring to the 3/2 program.</p>
<p>this is the 2006 BusinessWeek's ranking of 'the best undergraduate business programs'
<a href="http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06rankings/%5B/url%5D">http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06rankings/</a></p>
<p>want to guess "How long would take UCI into the list?", If the UCI grad school's rapid jump giving any indication.</p>
<p>BTW, I am more interested in the comments under each school than the ranking # itself. It is interesting to see Indiana (Kelley) Bloomington listed before UCB's HAAS too.</p>
<p>well this is a business week rankings sheet. You have to see what type of survey or information the source uses to get to their rankings. US News uses academic standards but doesn't take into account things like recruiter feedback, reputation, etc, while WSJ and BW have their own rankings.</p>
<p>I know UCI is modelling their program after U of Michigan's business program, as its a big public school with a great program. 600-700 students enrolled in the program sounds about right at its prime.</p>
<p>This goes to Sonic One's point of how the Irvine area is a booming tech center. Here is a link to an article from a Malaysia magazine and their description of Irvine as the next, new tech region of California. No question that UCI's business program, both undergrad and grad, will benefit from this boom.</p>
<p>If or when the program comes to be, and the trend continues, sure. Let's wait and see.</p>