<p>Which one is better for business overall? What about specializations?
(I already know the rankings but if you want to post which ones are usually considered more legitimate feel free.)
Also: Is OOS vs. in-state a major consideration or in this case would it be more minor?</p>
<p>they are virtually identical, although I think Darden is slightly more respected. Really though, I’d decide more based on what place you are more comfortable with at that point. Do you like the massive sports scene present at UNC, or the preppy atmosphere at UVA? Do you like Powder Blue or Navy Blue and Orange? </p>
<p>So to answer your second question, if one place is significantly cheaper than the other, go with that one since the two are so similar. And typically US News is the legit rankings that you want to be looking at. Businessweek has very strange criteria to determine it’s rankings, and usually seem out of whack compared to what you see on wall street.</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen UVA McIntire is more well represented and well known then UNC Darden in terms of undergrad business. When I was searching for business schools, Darden never showed up once but that could just be me.</p>
<p>oh eff, I put UVA Darden (The MBA program), when I meant UVA McIntire (the UG program). My bad. replace any instance of Darden with McIntire in my last response.</p>
<p>Btw plasma, it’s UNC Kenan-Flager, not Darden.</p>
<p>I notice this is your first post: welcome to CC OP</p>
<p>lol…my bad. Since you were talking about Darden and UVA as if they were two separate schools I accidentally assumed that Darden was the business program’s name at UNC. Something did seem a little bit off when I was writing my post.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.
And yeah I live in North Carolina so UNC would be considerably cheaper than UVA.</p>
<p>I think UVA business has more of a presence in NYC and Washington. However, I wouldn’t pay twice as much to go to UVA over UNC. If you can get scholarships at UVA to make it cheaper then it might be worth it. If you get no money from either school I wouldn’t be able to justify the extra cost.</p>
<p>Flash: Wall Street is only about .05% of the business working world. They will not be hiring as many people as they once did so getting jobs there will be a real crapshoot if that is even what you want.</p>
<p>^Wall Street also pays more and a job from a top investment bank will lead to some great exit opportunities compared to working for a small accounting firm in Iowa. Couple that with the fact that many college grads want to work in NYC and DC where UVA probably has a better name and more recruiting, it increases your chances of living in one of those two places if companies from there actively recruit at your school.</p>
<p>And many many across the USA do not have any desire to live or work in NYC or DC–like about 90% of the population. There are actually lots of people who don’t think trying to make the most moeny as fast as possible is a great life goal. You might want to read up on money and actual happiness.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.slate.com/id/2217350/[/url]”>http://www.slate.com/id/2217350/</a></p>
<p>I must say UVA strikes me as the better of the two, but there is no doubt that I would go to UNC if it was in-state versus out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p>@Barrons</p>
<p>You are certainly correct saying that a majority of the population does not want to work in NYC,DC, or any other large city but we are not talking about the majority of the population.</p>
<p>The OP is looking at top business schools like UVA McIntire and most students who are in top business schools usually have a desire to work in big cities,such as NYC and DC, since that is where major firms and opportunities are located.</p>
<p>Once you get west of the northeast that proportion goes way down and there are many good business schools west of the Penn border. Even at UNC less than 30% of business grads go to DC and the NY/Northeast area. </p>
<p>The fact that most northeast located business schools send most of their grads to the notheast really proves little. Most California biz grads go to work in California. What does that mean? Go to B school close to where you want to work I think.</p>
<p>I think both are equally good. If you want to work in NY go to a school as close to NY as possible.</p>