How is the College of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh?

Answer 1

Not sure what you mean by "how is" the college. Assuming you mean quality or difficulty of admission to the undergrad program, Check the link below for an overview of the program's selectivity. It ranked 50th in Business Week's ratings, and the link will give you lots of information to explore.

There are obviously better schools in some senses, though admission is fairly selective witha 35% acceptance rate for applicants.

If you are interested in the career perspective though, I've something to add.

Despite appearing overall mediocre (and a 31:1 student/teacher ratio would concern me) the truth is that any program can be good if you as a student push yourself to do more and learn more. Let me suggest that in a school like this, the student who seeks out faculty members to ask for added reading or research projects, or just to see if there are discussion groups where they can learn more, attend extra lectures, etc. can walk away with a first class education. The faculty love motivated students, and hate the whiners who come asking for grade "adjustments" at the end of the semester.

If you show a lotof interest you'll learn a lot more, and you'll get really good faculty references for grad school (I encourage that) or employment.

And btw do voluteer work to get real world experience. Become an intern somewhere, find a non-profit to help out with and learn. That will help you get a better education, and a better job, and be a better employee.

If you just sit in class and do your work, you'll probably get an adequate education here.

In business (i've been a senior manager for almost 35 years now) the school you graduate from has some, but not enormous, impact. The very top tier school (wharton, harvard, etc) you make connections and get a superior education as well. The competition to get in is great and the competition while you are in will stretch you to learn and do more. The connections and the name will probably get you a great starting job. If you can get in that kind of program by all means do it.

But after you have had a job or two, most hiring managers are much more interested in what you've done at work than in where you went to school or what your grades were. Those things matter when they have little else to use to make a decision. After that it's all on your work record. The connections and names can still help but there are plenty of opportunities.

So if you have other choices, explore them for sure, but in the end it's what you do while you're learning and after that will matter, much more than the "quality" of the school.