<p>My D was accepted to the undergraduate business school. I know that U of Miami has come up (as a whole) this year in the rankings (now #55 by US News and World Report) but I cannot find the ranking of the undergraduate business program. Does this mean that it is rated lower/worse than the top 50 programs? We are trying to decide where she will attend school next year and are looking at all the parameters that we can find to make a decision with (and this is just one of the things). Incidently, her other choices are UF (rated 26 for business) BU (rated 40), and FSU ( rated 47). So where does UM fall in the ratings???</p>
<p>As far as I know, there are no ratings for undergraduate business programs,. Most rankings that I have seen involve graduate school rankings.</p>
<p>US News and World Report does rankings. I found this:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=104847%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=104847</a></p>
<p>Last year's rankings:</p>
<ol>
<li>University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.8</li>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7</li>
<li>University of CaliforniaBerkeley (Haas) * 4.5
University of MichiganAnn Arbor * 4.5</li>
<li>New York University (Stern) 4.3</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2
U. of North CarolinaChapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) * 4.2
University of TexasAustin (McCombs) * 4.2</li>
<li>Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) 4.1
University of Virginia (McIntire) * 4.1</li>
<li>Indiana UniversityBloomington (Kelley) * 4.0
U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign * 4.0
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 4.0</li>
<li>Cornell University (NY) 3.9
Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities (Carlson) * 3.9
Univ. of WisconsinMadison * 3.9</li>
<li>Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) 3.8
Ohio State UniversityColumbus (Fisher) * 3.8
Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.8</li>
<li>Michigan State University (Broad) * 3.7
Pennsylvania State U.University Park (Smeal) * 3.7
University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7
Univ. of MarylandCollege Park (Smith) * 3.7
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.7</li>
<li>Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6
Case Western Reserve Univ. (Weatherhead) (OH) 3.6
University of Florida (Warrington) * 3.6
University of Washington * 3.6</li>
<li>Babson College (MA) 3.5
Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) 3.5
Texas A&M Univ.College Station (Mays) * 3.5
University of Georgia (Terry) * 3.5
Wake Forest University (Calloway) (NC) 3.5</li>
<li>Boston College (Carroll) 3.4
Georgia Institute of Technology (DuPree) * 3.4
Southern Methodist University (Cox) (TX) 3.4
University of Iowa (Tippie) * 3.4</li>
<li>Brigham Young Univ.Provo (Marriott) (UT) 3.3
University of Pittsburgh * 3.3
Virginia Tech (Pamplin) * 3.3
41. Florida State University * 3.2
Syracuse University (Whitman) (NY) 3.2
Tulane University (Freeman) (LA) 3.2
University of Arkansas (Walton) * 3.2
University of ColoradoBoulder * 3.2
Univ. of South CarolinaColumbia (Moore) * 3.2
University of Tennessee * 3.2</li>
<li>Boston University 3.1
College of William and Mary (VA)* 3.1
CUNYBaruch College (Zicklin) * 3.1
George Washington University (DC) 3.1
Georgia State University (Robinson) * 3.1
University of Kansas * 3.1
Univ. of MissouriColumbia * 3.1
University of Oklahoma (Price) * 3.1
University of Utah (Eccles) * 3.1</li>
<li>Auburn University (AL)* 3.0
Bentley College (MA) 3.0
Miami UniversityOxford (Farmer) (OH)* 3.0
Pepperdine University (Graziadio) (CA) 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (Lally) (NY) 3.0
Santa Clara University (Leavey) (CA) 3.0
University of Alabama (Culverhouse) * 3.0
University of Connecticut * 3.0
University of Kentucky (Gatton) * 3.0
University of Miami (FL) 3.0
University of Oregon (Lundquist) * 3.0</li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks A2- that is just what I was looking for. So I guess, despite the size, U of Florida is a better program and more highly regarded.</p>
<p>It really depends on where you want to work. US News is other professors rating departments they are familar with. They usually do it on a nation-wide level. But if you want to stay in the area of your school to go to work, then the rankings may be meaningless to you. Check this out:</p>
<p>As you can see, U of Miami has a great regional reputation, better than Florida's. So if you want to work in Florida or the SE, Miami has the better school, as their degree is more highly looked upon.</p>
<p>Wow...I had no idea. This is very useful. I printed the article. Thank you. Now just have to convince D that it would be great to go to school 45 min. from home.</p>