October 18, 2011

Top 10 Universities for Undergraduate Business Program

#1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the University of Pennsylvania is a private institution in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pa., near Drexel University. Undergraduates can study in four academic departments: Arts and Sciences, Nursing, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Wharton.

#2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Though the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may be best known for its math, science, and engineering education, this private research university also offers architecture, humanities, management, and social science programs. The school is located in Cambridge, Mass., just across the Charles River from downtown Boston.

#3. University of California--Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
The University of California—Berkeley overlooks the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, Calif. Students at this public school have more than 700 organizations to get involved in, including more than 55 fraternity and sorority chapters.

#3. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
A public institution, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor was founded in 1817. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor offers a Greek system, where 20.0 percent of the student body is involved in a sorority and 16.0 percent is involved in a fraternity.

#5. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
University of Virginia has a total undergraduate enrollment of 15,595, with a gender distribution of 44.6 percent male students and 55.4 percent female students. 43.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 57.0 percent of students live off campus.

#6. New York University, New York, NY
Founded in 1831, New York University is a private institution. New York University follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered most selective.

#6. University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill is a public institution that was founded in 1789. The school has 36.7 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill is 14:1.

#6. University of Texas--Austin, Austin, TX
University of Texas--Austin was established in 1883 as a public institution. University of Texas--Austin follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.

#9. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University, a private institution in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the country’s only school founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The school specializes in academic areas including engineering, business, computer science, and fine arts.

#9. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Cornell University, a private school in Ithaca, N.Y., started the country’s first colleges for hotel administration, industrial and labor relations, and veterinary medicine. Cornell now offers a wide variety of undergraduate programs and runs interdisciplinary research centers for nanotechnology, supercomputing, and more.

Source: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com