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Schools' costs, ratings low
By HELEN HUNTLEY
Published March 13, 2007
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The business schools at Florida universities may not rank among the nation's elite, but at least they're a bargain.
Only the University of Florida school landed in the top half of Business Week's latest rankings of 93 undergraduate business programs and the University of South Florida was dead last.
But when it comes to cost, paying about $3,000 in tuition at a Florida public university looks pretty good compared with $30,000-plus at about a third of the ranked programs.
"The good thing about being in a ranking like that is that it tells us many of the dimensions we need to work on," said Robert Forsythe, dean of the College of Business at USF in Tampa. He said that with 455 accredited business colleges in the country, just being included in the rankings is a plus. "Last year we weren't even asked for data."
One place USF wants to improve: The median starting salary for its business graduates is $35,000, tied for last place with the University of Kentucky. At Florida International University, it's $45,000. Forsythe said USF also is working on its rankings with recruiters.
"We want to make sure the people who are hiring our students are more satisfied with their new hires," he said. He said feedback from employers shows graduates need better writing skills.
Forsythe said that starting next fall, business students will get communication grades as well as content grades on some assignments in each course.
The March 19 issue of Business Week gave high marks to strong accounting programs at USF, UF and Florida State. It ranked the University of Pennsylvania as the nation's best undergraduate business program.
Helen Huntley can be reached at hhuntley@sptimes.com">href="mailto:hhuntley@sptimes.com">hhuntley@sptimes.com or 727893-8230.
Fast Facts:
Best in the nation
Business Week says these universities have the top undergraduate business programs:
1. University of Pennsylvania
6. Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology
2. University of Virginia
7. University of Notre Dame
3. University of California, Berkeley
8. Brigham Young University
4. Emory University
9. New York University
5. University of Michigan
10. Cornell University
. FAST FACTS
Best in the state
Here's how Business Week ranks Florida's undergraduate business programs:
Not a surprise. The only thing Florida (public) universities have going for them are low tuition. Whether that makes them a "value" -- especially if you struggle too be hired at more than $30-40K per year -- is another question.
by Hugh
04/04/07 08:49 PM
Where is Harvard, Yale, Princeton? Are they saying these top ten schools have their graduates making more money? I don't see it.
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