undergrad business school in california?

Question

im applying as a freshmen to colleges in california. im looking for a really well-rounded college that specializes or has a good undergrad business program.

if u have a few ideas it would be sooooooo appreciated. you can give me a list or a ranking of them and that would be so helpful.

Thank you so much!

~Senior looking for help!

Answer 1

If you say you are looking for a well-rounded college, I'll assume, unlike others, that you are not looking at a high-pressure elite school like Stanford or UCLA or a huge, impersonal public school. A few good ones would be:

1. Santa Clara University
2. Loyola Marymount University
3. University of the Pacific
4. University of San Diego
5. Chapman University
6. University of San Francisco

Answer 2

Hmm. I found a list of the Top 50 undergrad business schools in the states. A few schools from California were on that list.
UC-Berkeley was #12; USC (Los Angeles) was #21. Those two seem to feature prominently in other lists I viewed. I couldn't find a specific list for rankings of strictly California business schools for undergrads. But the UC-Berkeley and USC seem to have very well-rounded reputations.
I hope this helps! The Business Weekly rankings can be found here: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_19/b3983401.htm
(Click on the Top 50 Business schools link).

Answer 3

The best undergraduate business school in California is UC-Berkeley. USC is number two. Those are the only two highly ranked undergraduate B-Schools in California.

After those -- any of the other UC schools with a B-School would be good. None of the Cal State schools are particularly good.

Some of the schools with great MBA programs (Stanford, UCLA) don't hav eundergraduate B-Schools. An economics degree from those schools would also be good.

Answer 4

Most "really good" universities do NOT have business as a major at the undergraduate level. That being said, in California, the BEST business school for undergrads is Haas at UC Berkeley. But it's not guaranteed that you'll get in just because you get accepted to the university.

If you apply as a high school student to UC Berkeley and are accepted, you'd only be accepted as a UCB student for undergrad. If you want to major in business, you would apply to Haas school of business during your sophomore year of college. If accepted, you'd get your degree in business from haas. If not accepted, you'd have to choose another major. Most Haas rejects choose economics.

Answer 5

1. Stanford University (Graduate School of Business)
2. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA Anderson
School of Management)
3. University of Southern California (Marshall School of Business)
4. University of California at Berkeley (Walter A. Haas School of
Business)
5. University of California at Irvine (Paul Merage School of
Business)
6. University of California at Davis (Graduate School of
Management)
7. University of California at Riverside (A. Gary Anderson
Graduate School of Management)
8. Santa Clara University (Leavey School of Business)

Although Berkeley may be number 4 on my list, Berkely is ranked number 1 in undergrad in terms of employment rate and the second two years of your terms will be similar to that of MBA business grad. So don't sweat. Companies like JPMorgan Chase & Co to Microsoft to Goldman sachs to Cisco are primarily getting students (mostly undergrad and signing contracts already...I don't want to brag about berkely, but their recruitment success rate is incomparable to others in california.)

Answer 6

for public schools i know that UCLA has a great business program and Cal State Fullerton also has a pretty goo program as well, but you better hurry put UC and Cal State applications are due at the end of the month