<p>comparisons</p>
<p>Well, the certificate programs offer great opportunities for business-minded individuals, but Wharton is still Wharton... Further, it's probably more difficult to get into the certificate programs while at Northwestern (you have to complete 7 prerequisite classes) than it is to get into Wharton right out of high school. At least with Wharton you're guaranteed to be in the program, unlike the certificates at Northwestern.</p>
<p>they aren't really comparable, the certificate program at northwestern is an honors program within the university, it's a graduate-level certificate and isn't directly comparable with an undergraduate degree from wharton.</p>
<p>that being said, the certificate program at northwestern is more selective, and higher-level than a wharton undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>but the size is ~50 for the Kellogg Certificate Program, and Wharton is 2300</p>
<p>100-ish for Northwestern: 50 for McCormick and 50 for Weinberg.</p>
<p>The certicate program is rather specialized--financial economics or managerial analytics. You are not gonna take courses like marketing, business law or bunch of other business fundamentals like you would at Wharton.</p>
<p>it's also worth noting you can't be directly accepted to the kellogg certificate program like you can to wharton</p>
<p>you have to apply to northwestern, get in, finish the pre-reqs, apply for the program, and then be accepted again.</p>
<p>NU's certificate programs appear to be pretty quant-oriented. The math prereqs are all honors sequences (e.g. 4 quarters of honors calculus for engineering students). This seems to indicate the courses won't be just typical undergrad finance courses.</p>