Which is the best college in San Diego area?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am an international student, but I have family in San Diego (20 minutes from downtown) My question is what is the best college (business program) in that area (limit your response to all colleges south from LA)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>UCSD...nothing comes close to UCSD when you talk about south of LA...</p>

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<p>ucsd lmao..</p>

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<p>^^ what's so funny? I don't think it's ludicrous to suggest that UCSD is the best college in SD.</p>

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<p>although not quite as "good" as ucsd, san diego state is also a pretty good school, esp. in international business (Ranked top 15 undergrad. program in country)</p>

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<p>UCSD is probably the top overall and is great in the sciences. If you want to go into business (especially accounting or finance) though, I would definitely say USD. They have a good law school as well. San Diego State is solid in International Business, although they aren't really known for their academics. SDSU is definitely the place to party though.</p>

<p>If you definitely know that you want to major in business and you can afford it, USD is the best choice IMO.</p>

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<p>i meant as in ucsd is obviously the best in sd area...</p>

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<p>^^Not so fast. Sure, UCSD is better regarded in general, but OP said he wants to study Business. UCSD has an MBA program but does not offer an undergrad business major. San Diego State DOES offer undergrad business.</p>

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Not so fast. Sure, UCSD is better regarded in general, but OP said he wants to study Business. UCSD has an MBA program but does not offer an undergrad business major. San Diego State DOES offer undergrad business.

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<p>This is true. So SDSU wins by default because they offer an undergrad business degree and UCSD doesn't. I would guess that USD's business program would be halfway decent as well.</p>

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<p>For business, USD (if you can afford it).</p>

<p>Otherwise, SDSU is solid as well.</p>

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<p>"I would guess that USD's business program would be halfway decent as well."</p>

<p>Umm, I guess that you could say being Business Week's 5th ranked undergrad business school in the West might be "halfway decent".....</p>

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<p>guys guys guys....your forgetting San Diego Community College. Its better than and of those school Combined! And dayum i hear they got the 2nd best football team in their league.</p>

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<p>Hmmm. There's a solid liberal arts program at the private U of San Diego, as well as Marine Science. San Diego State (which I believe is technically part of the California State University System) is underrated. Sure, U of C-San Diego has the most resources, but you can't go wrong at any of the three...academically.</p>

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Umm, I guess that you could say being Business Week's 5th ranked undergrad business school in the West might be "halfway decent".....

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<p>I sure would - when people have to resort to segmenting rankings so that schools are ranked higher ("it's number 1 for X program in the Y region for all schools with Z students or less and $300M in annual faculty funding"), you know that overall, that school is probably running about middle of the pack and not much better.
BusinessWeek's national undergrad b-schools rankings don't really mean anything, let alone its ranking of regional undergrad business programs.</p>

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<p>No ranking means much if not based on easily quantifiable objective criteria.</p>