Hey guys, so I got into both of these amazing schools and I have absolutely no idea where to go. I love business and will most likely be majoring in finance or economics and maybe marketing not sure yet. Please let me know what you guys think and which one you think is better and why. ANYTHING HELPS THANK YOU
Have you visited both schools? Is the cost the same? Do you prefer one location over the other?
Babson is unique in that it is an all-business school. It’s one-third the population of Villanova, with a larger campus. I’ve visited Olin College, which shares the Babson campus. The campus is not walking distance to anything, but it is close to Wellesley and Boston. I understand that Babson graduates do extremely well for themselves. It is higher ranked in US News than Villanova for undergrad business (#32 vs #63).
Two excellent schools but IMO they have very different vibes. Do you have a personal preference? Is there a meaningful price difference?
Babson is very small (about 2200 undergrads) and business focused school with a specialty in entrepreneurship. Villanova is a mid-sized Catholic university with big time basketball and I imagine (because most Catholic schools have one) a good size core curriculum in the liberal arts.
My S had a similar choice years ago (he was considering Bentley and Fordham) and in the end he decided that he wanted to have a more diverse student body as his peer group (not all business majors) and he wanted the option to flip out of business if he found he didn’t like it and stay at the same school (he hadn’t taken business courses in HS so was not 100% certain it would be his path). But that was his thinking and a reasonable person could make a different choice and could prefer the environment of the business oriented schools. And FWIW the strong core certainly led my S to take a number of classes he otherwise wouldn’t have, but he did get a wonderful liberal arts education along with a strong busienss education which I think has served him well.
No right or wrong choice here as I can see it!
I’m curious about the price difference. I hear though (from artsy/engineering friends) that Babson has a very snobby feel. However, I’d be surprised if that’s any different from Villanova. Is there a price difference?