Ok, at the risk of throwing a curve, you could consider depending of course on affordability and your application, majoring in econ at Northwestern or Chicago, then taking classes at their b-school. I know that Kellogg (NU) offers a finance certificate for undergrads, and well, having Kellogg or Booth (if Chicago has something similar) on your resume is pretty big step up from UI and IU, there’s now way around that. Only Ross would compare. The econ major at schools like NU and Chicago are similar to the finance major at colleges that offer them in their undergrad b-schools.