SMU Cox undergrad rated #2 in TX; #26 overall

[tristatecoog]

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com ... ranking/4/

The highest weighted data point of the entire ranking’s methodology, given a weight of 80% within the Academic Experience category, is the average of the 16 alumni questions on a one-to-10 scale. This year the Class of 2018 alumni from Georgia Tech’s Scheller College gave their experience the highest overall approval, averaging 9.35 out of a possible 10.0. Following Georgia Tech was Virginia’s McIntire School (9.28) and Wharton (also 9.28). Rounding out the top five were Southern Methodist Cox (9.20) and Indiana Kelley (9.19).

Overall ranking:
11. UT-Austin; #29 in employment
26. SMU Cox; #27 in employment
33. Houston
38. TCU
44. Tulane
60. OU
71. UTD
73. TX Tech

SMU's admissions ranking of #44 doesn't make sense. I'd bet it's at least in the top 25 because BBA Scholars (1/3 of class) have nearly a 1500 SAT average.

[Mustangs_Maroons]

This list is terrible. While they have Wharton right at #1, everything below that is debatable. I would not go to a single school after 10 and some schools in their top 10 over the BBA program at SMU. I think SMU BBA should be a legitimate top 10 program nationally. We just dont have the brand awareness, and our recruiting is too local/regional. We need to improve career services to make it a more national reach.

[tristatecoog]

#8 Tepper School at Carnegie Mellon - 125 grads with avg salary of $77K, 70% in NE and MATL and ~10% are going to be IB analysts at varying banks. Excellent placement detail.
https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/programs/[deleted] ... t-2018.pdf

#16 Emory Goizueta -- 317 grads with avg salary of $69K, 70% in NE and South and 96% have job within three months of graduation
https://goizueta.emory.edu/documents/BB ... Report.pdf

SMU Cox -- ~400 grads with avg salary of $66.4K, 77% in SW and NE and 94.4% have job within three months of graduation
https://www.smu.edu/-/media/Site/Cox/Ce ... .pdf?la=en

McCombs at UT -- $67.7K avg salary, 85% in SW and NE
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/~/media/ ... 032020.pdf

Carnegie Mellon is a STEM school with a solid b-school. Schools with more grads in the Northeast have higher average starting salaries. Tepper has a rather large % going into IB. Not so with consulting except Big 4.

And Wharton details where graduates go. That's the sign of a top organization. Average starting pay of $81K base. Goldman Sachs and McKinsey are consistently two of the top three employers.
https://cdn.uconnectlabs.com/wp-content ... Report.pdf

[fan]

Academic experience rating is encouraging.

Just by the fact that we are in the DFW area our grads should be getting good jobs.

[EastStang]

A little surprised Richmond was that high. Good school, but not a world beater. Not surprised William and Mary moved up, they are recruiting some great faculty there.