Undergrad Finance Programs

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<p>What are the best undergrad finance programs? Obviously schools like Wharton and Stern, but can someone go more in depth down the list and name other schools?</p>

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<p>Ross, McCombs, Sloan, McIniatre (sorry I spelled that wrong), Berkley's, and a few more. Check some of the later posts.</p>

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<p>Emory (Goizueta)</p>

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<p>McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.</p>

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<p>it was posted in another thread but i think the actual rankings by us news were something like wharton, nyu, mich, berkeley, texas, mit, IU-kelley, ohio state, uva, unc then wash u, gtown, usc were somewhere in the mix</p>

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<p>It's McINTIRE. that's the corrent spelling. :) It's one of the few business schools that are not called business schools. it's actually THE McINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.</p>

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<p>found it..</p>

<ol>
<li>University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) </li>
<li>New York University (Stern) </li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * </li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley (Haas) * </li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) * </li>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) </li>
<li>Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley) * </li>
<li>Ohio State University–Columbus (Fisher) * </li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA) </li>
<li>U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) *
Univ. of Southern California (Marshall)
University of Virginia (McIntire) *</li>
</ol>

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<p>I believe that there are schools out there that increase the likelyhood of obtaining a desirable finance job. I don't think any school has a better Finance program. I mean it. No school teaches you finance better. </p>

<p>Any school that has a reasonable finance department will teach exactly the same things. You will learn IRR, NPV, Duration, DCF, etc.</p>

<p>Majoring in Finance at a good school is suffice. A great school is better, but good is good enough. The new face of finance, those under 40, went through less appealing classes to get into "the business." They believe those that had "fake" majors undeserving of joining the ranks. This is why it is important to study either finance or economics in college for financial services firms.</p>

<p>The top ten investment banks are an exception. The are still run by an old guard, most of whom had those "fake" majors themselves back in the day. For that reason they take the approach of if you are smart, we can teach you everything you need to know. After all, everyone likes to hire people that are mirros of themselves.</p>

<p>The new guard knows this too, and it is true, you can train any intelligent person in three weeks what took two or three years of a finance major program. They value passion more though. Passion is measured by how much unneccessary pain you went through to get through the door. Think of hazing and frats, I went through it, so you do too.</p>

<p>This is a long reply but my point is this. If you want to get into finance now a days, how good a finance ranking your school has does not matter at all. What matters most is the quality of the school and alumni in the business. What matters is that you major in finance period. Just choose it as a major to let possible employers know that you are serious and not just doing this because you found out your junior year that finance people get payed a lot. You want them to know you are doing this because you are money hungry and been thinking about this since freshman year of college.</p>

<p>The reason employers like Wharton is not because they think Wharton taught these kids how to be great in finance. It is because going through Wharton means you are smart, and that you were willing to sacrifice studying anything at your whim for living in an super competitive enviornment. That is the difference between a Wharton undergrad and a Yale history major. Not knowledge, not intelligence, but a history of dedication motivated by the goal of eventually making it "big" in finance. Take my opinion for what it is worth.</p>

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<p>CPA Personnel Report's 23rd Annual Professor's Survey-2004
Top Undergraduate Programs</p>

<p>School 2004 2003 2002
The University of Texas at Austin 1 1 1
University of Illinois 2 2 2
Brigham Young University 3 3 3
University of So. California 4 4 5
University of Notre Dame 5 5 4
University of Michigan 6 6 6
University of Pennsylvania* 7 8 12
The Ohio State University 8 10 10
Michigan State University 10 15 11
Northern Illinois University 10 7 7
Indiana University 11 11 9
University of Alabama 12 NR NR
Texas A&M University 13 16 14
Miami (Ohio) University 14 12 8
University of Wisconsin 15 9 15
University of Georgia 17 17 17
Pennsylvania State 17 NR NR
University of Virginia 18 13 13
University of Washington 20 NR NR
Arizona State University 20 18 18
NR=Not rated. <em>Offers bachelor's degree in economics with accounting concentration. *</em>University of California at Berkeley would have ranked 20th on the list, but the school has no degree or concentration in accounting.</p>

<p>Gourman Report ranking for undergraduate Finance:</p>

<p>U Pennsylvania
Indiana U Bloomington
U Michigan Ann Arbor
UC Berkeley
NYU
U Texas Austin
U Illinois Urbana Champaign
U Wisconsin Madison
Purdue U West Lafayette
U Washington
Michigan State
UVA
CUNY Baruch
Washington U St Louis
Case Western
USC
U Houston
Penn State University Park
Texas A&M
Notre Dame
Ohio State
U Florida
U Arizona
U Utah
Emory U
Louisiana St Baton Rouge
U Mass Amherst
U Minnesota
Southern Methodist
U Oregon
U Maryland College Park (score=4.31)
Lehigh
Arizona State
U Misouri Columbia
George Washington U
Syracuse U
Geoegia State
U Colorado Boulder
Templu U
U Iowa
U Denver
U South Carolina Columbia
U Nebraska Lincoln
U Georgia</p>