<p>For UNDERGRADUATE business major placements in Chicago corporations and non-profits, DePaul would be the strongest undergraduate program. It has excellent business and accounting programs, and a loyal alumni base. Many senior executives in Chicago track-back to DePaul undergraduate business degrees. Fancy-pants institutions’ degrees have less importance in Chicago.</p>
<p>Spend some time reading back issues of Crains Chicago, our local weekly business newspaper. Chicago is not New York in regards to reverence towards Ivy degrees.</p>
<p>And regarding anecedotal hiring stories, I’ve heard several Chicago executives complain about recent UoC grads’ relatively low success-rate as entry-level corporate employees, noting general unwillingness and/or inability to fulfill the relatively mundane work assignments (such as paralegal work) in a reliable and positive manner.</p>