<p>I'm probably going to go into business, but open to really anything. What are some of the top undergraduate schools in the state of california?</p>
<p>USC, Pomona College, Occidental College, Stanford, Claremont MCK, cal tech, ucla, ucb, ucsd,</p>
<p>Cal-Tech, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd. </p>
<p>That is a pretty complete list. Some of these schools dont offer an undergraduate business major, such as UCLA and UCSD, so you would likely have to major in econ at those schools.</p>
<p>Actually, of the top universities mentioned above, only Cal and USC offer undergraduate Business. But UCLA has an excellent Bus-Econ concentration and Stanford's Econ department is one of the top 4 or 5 in the nation. UCSD, CMC and Pomona also have excellent Econ departments.</p>
<p>If you want undergrad business you should also consider SDSU.</p>
<p>Top undergraduate business programs - 1. Cal Berkeley 2. USC 3. SDSU</p>
<p>For the best jobs in business, go to the best overall school: Stanford, Pomona, UCB, Harvey Mudd, UCLA, CMC.</p>
<p>That is the best advice. It is unnecessary, and maybe counter-productive, if you are really serious about a top level business career to go to an undergrad "business" school unless it is, perhaps, Wharton. The best route is to major in something you like, at the best college you can get into, and then get the best MBA you can achieve after two or three years of real business experience. If you look at the backgrounds of the Harvard, et al., MBA students, you will find that fewer than 10% majored in business and that there are far more English and math majors than business majors, although economics is the leading major.</p>
<p>I agree that an undergraduate business degree would not help you get into an MBA program over another major. I personally would do an undergraduate econ degree. I would then apply to an MBA program. Check out the best econ departments in California for your bachelor degree. I believe Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSD are all top ten ranked econ departments in the country according to US News. UCLA also has a highly ranked econ department. Best of luck!</p>
<p>"For the best jobs in business, go to the best overall school: Stanford, Pomona, UCB, Harvey Mudd, UCLA, CMC."</p>
<p>I dont know if i agree with the order of schools though. Looks like a confrontational post right there lol. I also dont know if the difference between all these high ranked schools is substantial enough to choose one over the other in terms of rank or prestige. Out of the list i listed earlier, i would say all the schools are very very highly regarded. I would choose the school i felt most comfertable at, especially since they are all excellent schools. Choosing between Stanford, Cal-Tech, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, you cant really go wrong with any of them. The difficult part will be getting into one of them. I believe they all have admit averages over 4.0. While UCI is not as prestigious as the other UC's and universities listed here, i have heard it is introducing an undergraduate business major within the next couple of years. So that is also a thought. Regarding SDSU, while it does have a good undergraduate business program, it really doesnt belong listed with these other schools here in terms of an overall university. Best of luck!</p>
<p>SDSU is on the rise. Relative to the rest of those universities-- it's not as rich in history, tradition and a culture of excellence. But it's somewhat of an unknown gem. I'm currently a student there and my professors in finance are very well educated individuals.. graduates of MIT etc. The international business program is well renowned on the global scale. As far as the school as a whole goes it does not have the same reputation- but four years from now (so as far as freshmen are concerned upon graduating) that reputation will be on the rise. There were about 56,000 applicants this year for 7,000 spots. As you can see it's no longer the party/slacker school it once was- the quality of students are rising exponentially every year - take a look at the rejections on CC. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=299638&referrerid=13382%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=299638&referrerid=13382</a></p>
<p>Although I do feel as though I need to someone in order to get a great job..but as long as you are active on campus there is a world of connections you can make through SDSU. BUT I won't exactly have a Harvard degree to throw around, so for the most part there is some validity to what you're all saying.</p>
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I agree that an undergraduate business degree would not help you get into an MBA program over another major. I personally would do an undergraduate econ degree. I would then apply to an MBA program. Check out the best econ departments in California for your bachelor degree. I believe Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSD are all top ten ranked econ departments in the country according to US News. UCLA also has a highly ranked econ department. Best of luck!
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<p>I agree and also to note that econ at a top school is very quantitative, I would presume it would look highly to top MBA programs from being able to handle the academic rigor.</p>
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<p>Indeed it is, but the 56,000 apps SDSU is receiving it is mostly likely pulling applicants of lower UC's and some from CP SLO than it is from the likes UCB and UCLA. Also, having faculty from MIT maybe notable but top schools faculty ranking is a testament of recruiting faculty that are regarded as leaders in their field and their ability to do top publishable research. There is a huge difference between the top graduates of HBS than the bottom half.</p>
<p>Stanford, Pomona, UCB, UCLA, Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>Tier 1:</p>
<p>UCB
Stanford
Caltech
Pomona</p>
<p>Tier 2</p>
<p>UCLA
USC
UCSD
Rest of the Claremont Mckenna collges</p>
<p>Tier 3</p>
<p>UCSB
UCD
Cal Poly SLO
UCI</p>
<p>Tier 4</p>
<p>SDSU
UCR
UCSC
CSULB
CSUPP</p>
<p>Tier 5</p>
<p>Everything after</p>
<p>I'd put UCLA in tier 1 as well, though some may disagree.</p>
<p>I would too, but on the bottom end of that list.</p>
<p>Something tells me UCLA would go in tier 1, but I feel tempted to put it in tier 2. Probably end of tier 1, as NextMikeSays...said. lol</p>
<p>I would definitely throw Pepperdine, USD, and LMU into that 3rd tier. LMU may be 4th though, but they're all good schools.</p>
<p>I would say that SDSU is moving up to the likes of Cal Poly and UCSB..give it a few more years...but anyways for the most part Nextmikesays I agree with your list. ALTHOUGH it's unfortunate many of those schools do not offer finance or degrees in accounting - for those people who want an applicable education (instead of utterly useless academic jargon - like setting up growth dividend models to find the price of a stock..which like many things I deem to be ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS). Back to your list...It is arguable that california has the best education system of all the states and in the world for that matter...our entire system is comparable--(IMO) if not better -- then that of the entire United Kingdom.</p>
<p>On a sidenote- here is how my list looks in terms of TIERS (yes I realize some schools are better than other schools in certain tiers). FROM PURELY A BUSINESS/ECONOMICS STANDPOINT -</p>
<p>Tier 1:</p>
<p>UCB
Stanford
Caltech
UCLA
USC</p>
<p>Tier 2</p>
<p>UCSD-UCSB-UCD</p>
<p>TIER 3</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO
SDSU
LMU
USD
PEPPERDINE
UCR
UCI</p>
<p>Tier 4</p>
<p>UCSC
CSULB
CSUPP
Cal State Northridge
Chico State
SJSU
UC Merced</p>
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I would definitely throw Pepperdine, USD, and LMU into that 3rd tier. LMU may be 4th though, but they're all good schools.
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<p>I would say between tier 3 and 4 is where I would put them. </p>
<p>As for UCLA, stats wise they are about neck to neck with Berkeley. However, overall, their departments aren't as strong as UCB and tier 1 can only have so many schools. Student quality wise, it would be hard to differentiate between UCB and UCLA.</p>