<p>Does a school with a famed reputation for a certain major at the graduate level necessarily offer an exceptional curriculum of the same major at the undergraduate level? </p>
<p>Like does it matter that you go to a school, for undergrad, that is very good for the major that you want to do but that is only true for the grad level?</p>
<p>Hopefully this made sense haha...just let me know if there are any confusions~</p>
<p>Generally, but the best Grad does not mean best undergrad. The program won't suck no matter what.</p>
<p>No, it doesn't matter. The school you go (not even taking account of major strength) doesn't matter also. A top/prestigious/elite/"whatever CC wants to call it" can help though.</p>
<p>The undergraduate program ranking should be comparable to that at the graduate level for a given major/field, since students are taught by the same faculty and graduate students. There may be counterexamples where the rankings at the two levels are significantly differently, but I don't know of any.</p>
<p>For example. </p>
<p>In the international relations world, Columbia's SIPA, Johns Hopkins' SAIS, Tufts' Fletcher, Georgetown's Walsh SFS, Princeton's WWS, Harvard's KSG, etc... all are perenially ranked among the top 10 in terms of graduate IR programs.</p>
<p>As such, many posters here in this forum automatically assume that since those schools offer an **MA or phD **in International relations/affairs/studies are "top ranked", they assume the undergraduate program offers a terrific **BA/BS degree in IR **as well.</p>
<p>NOT!...All those schools offer undergraduate BA/BS international relations degreess except, Harvard and Columbia. lol. These are the exception.</p>
<p>In general, those with strong departments in the graduate level tend to have those strengths transcend into the undergraduate level as well. Though there are exceptions like I mentioned.</p>
<p>A lot of top business graduate schools are at schools that don't even offer undergraduate business and a few of the top 10 undergrad business schools don't even rank in the top 20 graduate business programs.</p>
<p>Notre Dame, for example, is a top university that has really strong undergrad and not as strong graduate programs.</p>
<p>agree with above^^^. for instance, U Chicago has one of the top MBA programs in the country, but it has no business UG major.</p>