<p>I've gotten into both universities as of today with assured admission to UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School. My question is: If I'm going to major in Business/Economics, what school will be the best for my major, and what school will be the best value?</p>
<p>Cost is also a factor, as UNC would cost about 20k per year while Vandy would cost about 40k per year.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Go to UNC. 80K less for a great education.</p>
<p>No brainer-UNC</p>
<p>While I like Vanderbilt immensely…if cost is a factor then I would go to Kenan Flagler at UNC and save your money for your MBA, which you will need to get anywhere in business. (Or Masters in Accounting).</p>
<p>If you’re in state, it’s an easy answer: UNC. Save your money for the MBA.</p>
<p>If you actually have to ask this question I wonder how you’re going to do in business school…</p>
<p>Vanderbilt will have a stronger peer group. Not as much class diversity as at UNorth Carolina. Sports better at UNC. If cost is not a factor, look at V. If cost is a big factor, tough not to go UNC.</p>
<p>I’d go to UNC. They both are about the same at business recruiting, feed into the same job markets (Charlotte, DC, Atlanta) and they both offer a great quality of life.</p>
<p>Wow…I am in the exact same position. Literally, I showed this post to my parents and they thought that I wrote it. I just found out that I was accepted to Vanderbilt for 40k, or I could go to Carolina for 20k (instate). I was also assured admission to Kenan-Flagler at UNC, and I am looking at a business/Economics major. These are both great schools, but I did some research and found that Carolina actually has a HIGHER ranking in the field of both business and economics. Forbes did a ranking of the best investments in business school based on cost, salaries of graduates, etc. Vanderbilt was ranked 33rd. Carolina was 16th, and they calculated Carolina’s based on out of state tuition. With instate tuition it is an even better deal! (here is the article: [The</a> Best Business Schools, 2011](<a href=“Forbes List Directory”>Forbes List Directory)) All the other rankings I have looked at have supported this article. It is crazy, but in this case, you get a better and cheaper education by going to the less selective college, so I decided to go to UNC. Also, it is cool to meet someone else who got assured admissions to Kenan. What part of NC are you from? I live in the Charlotte area.</p>
<p>“It is crazy, but in this case, you get a better and cheaper education by going to the less selective college, so I decided to go to UNC.”</p>
<p>Why is that crazy? There are plenty of programs and schools that are better than others who are more selective student wise.</p>
<p>Good point! I’ve just been looking to go to super selective schools for so long that it was really a shock to me that my instate public university was so good at the field I was interested in. It just seemed counter-intuative to me at first. Makes sense when you put it that way though.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone! I think I’m going to go with UNC.</p>
<p>I also forgot to mention that my sister will be a senior at UNC next year and says she will buy me groceries if I go. That’s a benefit that can’t be overlooked!</p>
<p>Steeledan: That fact is partly explained by the fact that UNC-CH receives much more state funding per student than almost all other public universities. The state funding per student is much higher, for example, than UVa or Penn State.</p>