<p>My friend and I were discussing the universities, and we came to discuss a very intersting topic: Westcoast Universities vs Eastcoast Universities.</p>
<p>My friend brought up a very interesting (and very debatable) point of how Westcoast Universities tend to be primarily focused on Computer Science and Engineering programs (Example: UW, UCs, CalTech) whereas Eastcoast Universities tend to be strong with Business (Stern, Wharton, Ivies, etc.).</p>
<p>Sure, there are some westcoast schools with exceptional business programs (Stanford, Haas) and some eastcoast schools have top-class computer science/Engineering programs (MIT, GeorgiaTech, JHU) but in terms of overall, my friend argues, Westcoast schools are generally "better" with Engineering programs than the Eastcoast schools, and vice versa with Business programs.</p>
<p>You have to make distinctions about UG v Grad programs. Of the Ivy League schools, for example, only Penn and Cornell have business programs at all. Even on the graduate level, not all the Ivies have MBA programs (Princeton, for example, has a Masters Finance program, but that's very different from an MBA).</p>
<p>um well I'd dispute that the east coast is stronger in business, and say it's strong with everything. for comp sci/engineering on the east side there's also Brandeis, Tufts, Stevens, Cooper U, Carengie Mellon, and Drexel U. i'm sure there are very strong business schools on the west coast too, although i can't claim to have any knowledge there.</p>
<p>if there was something the east has that the west doesn't really have i'd say it's political sciences/government. GWU, Georgetown, and College of William and Mary come to mind.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree. GWU (along with G-town) has some hardcord Poli Sci Program :)
Plus it's location is a kick-ass for politics-related career opportunity.</p>