<p>I realize that it's not an Ivy League school, which is OK! </p>
<p>I was just wondering if going to UT would help me get a job down South. Or North. How widely known is its name and how receptive are employers?</p>
<p>Depends on the major. The MPA program in McCombs has the highest recruitment rate on campus, and the graduates go North, South, West, and East as well as internationally.</p>
<p>If you go to UT you can get a job internationally- Trust me. I got an interview with a company in Ohio and the interviewer told me flat on my face “I know UT has great academics”.</p>
<p>Tejas is ok…but the big publics are not hot right now. Emory is super white hot for business. Elon is an up and comer. U of Miami’s biz school is jumping up the rankings. And Wake Forest is highly recommended for business too. All better than UT…unless you’re staying in Austin, or Dallas. But even then…think about SMU or Rice.</p>
<p>I’m doing Communication right now, but I was considering switching over to Business.</p>
<p>The Communication school is ranked very high for what I’ll end up majoring in–advertising, marketing, etc.</p>
<p>I’m surprised you didn’t say A&M, Mitch. If I were majoring in Engineering, that’s where I’d go.</p>
<p>Why would you want to go to A&M when UT has a top 8 Engineering program while A&M’s is like what 13-15?</p>
<p>A&M is ranked number two in corporate rankings. UT austin isn’t even mentioned.</p>
<p>Where are all of these morons coming from? Did the A&M cult rally get out early?</p>
<p>@Mitch You’re an incoming freshman that is going to U of Miami’s business school, which sucks and is ranked #54. Stop crying because you got rejected from McCombs and go to their boards.</p>
<p>@ohmyghosh On Bloomberg, recruiters ranked UT #12 and A&M #54. How about you actually attend college before you post about a school’s rep?</p>
<p>I’m not attending Miami. Just saying they’re an up and comer…moving from the 70’s somewhere…to the 50’s, in biz. They’ve made pretty big strides…and if you come out of a program like that having excelled…with internships…you’ll be able to pick your decent grad program if you like. Whereas at UT, you’ll still wake up in Texas the next morning.</p>
<p>Mitch, go to the McCombs website and see where the graduates go. Many stay in Texas, but equally many leave the state. McCombs recruiting is on par with the top schools in the country.</p>
<h2>“Whereas at UT, you’ll still wake up in Texas the next morning.”</h2>
<p>Incorrect. </p>
<p>This is why student and parent users of CC should be very careful about vetting information posted on these forums. Most posters have no idea about what they are talking.</p>
<p>^ldmom06, I agree with you! My husband and I interviewed in several states, got multiple offers, and ended up in beautiful Maine. A former boss told me he could tell my education was much better than that of a co-worker’s, who got his degree from a northeast school.</p>
<p>Maine - A couple of my d’s h.s. classmates just graduated from UT. One is now doing engineering grad work at Stanford, the other is at a high profile Chicago advertising firm.</p>
<p>My s has applications in at Stanford, Duke and is accepted at UT-Austin (waiting to hear if it is Cockrell-ChemE or CNS-Biochem)…and honestly, even if he is accepted at Stanford and Duke, I would have to hear an extremely good argument for spending twice as much money for undergrad work that would provide only marginally more, if any, post-grad opportunities. </p>
<p>At the end of the day, the most important thing is not the university, but the strength of the individual program of study and the grades achieved in that program of study. And…graduating with as little debt as possible. I cannot stress the last one enough. One only has to read a few of the many, many websites and blogs of unemployed graduates (especially JDs) with $150-200K debt and no job prospects in sight. Facing personal bankruptcy in your mid-20s is not a fun thing…and somehow, despite all the warnings, most impressionable 18 years are convinced that will never be them.</p>
<p>Is 60k more total a strenuous amount of debt?</p>
<p>Going to UT will cost 80k. Going to North Carolina–if I even get in, it’s another school I like–would be about 15k more a year. My mom has agreed to pay undergrad (along with whatever scholarships I get), but it’s my job ALONE to pay for the 60k. </p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s worth it. North Carolina is my DREAM school, but I want to write…is it really worth the extra money?</p>
<p>Lol 80 grand? I wish i was in state. OOS tuition is awful even with national merit</p>
<p>cendrillon, I would counsel MY kids not to take out that much in loans. Including interest, that would be a lot to pay off monthly. In an uncertain economy, it just doesn’t seem wise to me. I’ll tell you, even though my husband and I both got our master’s degrees in structural engineering, it wasn’t easy for us when we first got out of grad school. We sure didn’t have any extra money, even though we set our thermostat at 45 degrees overnight! We had ONE car, already paid for, and only about $2,000 in student debt. It came as a surprise to us that we struggled that much, because we thought we would be well-off from the start. Not! Just my two cents, but I do suggest that you think carefully about your decision.</p>
<p>Apparently, UT used to be 25$ a year. Ugh. hahahah tuition inflation?</p>
<p>I was thinking about going to UNC for grad school, anyway. I would live in-state for three years, then pay for in-state tuition (FOUR grand).</p>
<p>My daughter graduated from UNC in 2010. She had some merit money which brought the cost down closer to what we would have paid for UT. It is definitely a wonderful school and Chapel Hill IS a little piece of heaven. And she was there during the Hansbrough years when they won NCAA championship. 
One complaint we had was that UNC raised oos tuition every single year she was there…and they tend to default to tuition increases when faced with budget issues. They are also very strict about residency requirements…you would definitely have to establish that you are in the state permanently, not as a student. But that being said UNC-CH oos is still significantly cheaper than the $50K+/per of most Ivies and highly selectives. And in-state tuition is ridiculously cheap.</p>
<p>I’d definitely save the big bucks for grad school and not leave undergrad with debt though.</p>