<p>I am currently a Freshman at USC majoring in Business but I want to transfer to UCLA and ultimately major in Biz/Econ at UCLA. What is the difference between USC and UCLA in business? I have heard that USC is better for business as an undergrad? Is it a bad decision to leave the business program at USC and come to UCLA and major in Biz/Econ? Any information on experience with business at UCLA and landing jobs after graduation would be great! This is a really big decision for me (I was accepted to UCLA out of high school but ultimately chose to attend USC because I thought it was going to be better for business, however I don't like the school and regret this decision)</p>
<p>Okay, first I was in your position last year, but chose UCLA mainly for financial reasons and was glad I did. Trust me, the only difference that sets USC above UCLA is the fact it HAS an undergraduate business program, unlike UCLA. I’m currently a BizEcon major, which is basically just econ with a few accounting courses, so UCLA is definately a good place if you want to go into accounting, auditing, etc…
The Big 4 recruit here all the time, and UCLA is constantly having business/finance related career fairs.</p>
<p>The one thing that swung me though was my employer for last year. His kid, a business student at USC with a great GPA, could not say how excited I should be about UCLA. He talked as if I was his own kid, it as really nice. Plus, honestly, outside of the “Trojan Family”, the UCLA name means alot more.</p>
<p>I’ve heard alot of people claim UCLA as the place to go to for a better education (in terms of just a better school with better academics). At the same time, USC, while being ‘lower’ in academics, has a killer network that really helps anyone in business. People out there’d kill for the networking they have. So it almost balances out.</p>
<p>Why don’t you like the school?</p>
<p>Based on first hand experience, if you are going to accounting, goto USC, they have an accounting major. USC feels like it has a slight edge in general accounting (auditing and tax). Where USC shines though is the small caveats of big4 accounting. USC has many different classes that will allow you to get into different aspects of accounting. If you want to get into IT auditing, USC has classes that relate to that. If you want to get into forensic accounting, USC has classes for that. UCLA does not so it’s hard to compete when a USC student has the major in that area and subsequently probably has work experience in that area. </p>
<p>As a pure anecdotal statement, it would seem USC might be better for those other finance related jobs as the network is better. I have read here and there about how trojans selecting trojans during job interviews and job placement. I feel as if you have a better chance getting a job in financial services if you were from USC. USC at least has a business program, finance courses, etc. UCLA basically has biz econ which is basically econ courses + accounting.</p>
<p>from anecdotal evidence, USC’s program has better support from the Marshall School than UCLA’s BizEcon does from Anderson. In addition, you’ll get more practical skills (I’ve heard of some SAP), but keep talking to people. Econ is more theory based @ UCLA</p>