UW-Madison v. University of MN-Twin Cities

College Search & Selection
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<p>I've been accepted into both schools. If I choose Minnesota, I would be in their business school (Carlson). If I choose Wisconsin, I would be in their College of Letters and Science. I do prefer UW's campus, but I like the amount of potential career opportunities in the Twin Cities. The cost for attending both is about the same.</p>

<p>Minnesota accepts freshman into their business school while Wisconsin requires students to apply after their freshman year. Their acceptance rate is about 60%.</p>

<p>If I do go to Minnesota, I would probably major in finance. If I choose Wisconsin, I would apply to their business school. If I don't get accepted the first time, I can apply a few more times. If I never get accepted, I would probably major in economics.</p>

<p>Can an economics degree compete with a business degree...or the other way around?</p>

<p>Which option sounds like a better choice?</p>

<p>My ultimate goal would be to get into a decent MBA program, but that's another story.</p>

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<p>UW’s placement potential is far broader than UMinn. You have choices of Chicago, NYC, Minny, plus Madison/milwaukee and west coast. No wif you are set on living in Minny you really can’t go wrong either way. UW econ also has a good placement office of its own plus they can use the B School’s.</p>

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<p>UW-Madison probably has the edge in academics and prestige. If the cost of attendance is the same, that’s where I would go.</p>

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<p>Which is generally considered a stronger degree in terms of job opportunities - economics or something business related like finance</p>

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<p>UW is probably slightly more prestigious and academically stronger overall although I don’t know how their business schools compare. Minnesota econ is possibly slightly stronger although they are comparable. It’s also depends on how much you care about majoring in business compared to econ and how sure you are of getting into the b-school at Madison.</p>

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<p>Can an economics degree get you comparable jobs to someone who has majored in business?</p>

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<p>^ Yes, very much so. A lot of colleges don’t offer undergrad business degrees. </p>

<p>If you’re shooting for an MBA, an undergrad biz degree is sorta redundant.</p>

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<p>Unless the school is a Top 25 I’d tend to say some biz majors (finance/accting) have an advantage over straight econ from undergrad to work.</p>

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<p>^ I agree with this.</p>

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<p>I would say give Wisconsin the edge here. Just work hard so you don’t have to worry about being denied from the business school!</p>

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<p>Well, got my financial aid stuff for both schools</p>

<p>UW would cost about $3000 more a year.</p>

<p>Tough choice…</p>

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<p>Nonsense - these schools are equivalent. They both turn out almost 10,000 grads per year and a random grad from one is no better or worse equipped than one from the other by virtue of their degree.</p>

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<p>I think all of the major rankings give a small edge to Madison. Does this materially impact the employment prospects of graduates from the schools? Probably not but that doesn’t imply that there is no difference in prestige between the two.</p>

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<p>3000 more per year isnt too much. I think it comes down to which campus environment you prefer: college city or big city. If you like Wisky better, go there. You can’t go wrong with either.</p>