<p>If you want the urban environment, consider both Drexel and Temple in Philadelphia. Philly is a great city, and more affordable than NYC. Temple is also a public university, so it is less expensive, even for out-of-state students. Pace has excellent business programs, and you might qualify for their Honors College. Fordham is excellent; I don’t know why others posting here have said it is significantly less prestigious than NYU. Its undergraduate business school may be slightly less selective than Stern at NYU, but the universities have comparable acceptance rates. DePaul is in a great neighborhood in Chicago, if you can tolerate the weather there. It might also be an alternative as a back-up school.</p>