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16 Jan 2018, 13:16
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laytonjacobcox
Some great points.
But I disagree with your statement regarding Rice and SMU being on the level field .
Some Stats ->
Rice (Jones) ->
US NEWS RANK => 29(Top 30)
Average Salary => $112k
Acceptance rate => 27%
Cox ->
US NEWS RANK => 52(Outside Top 50)
Average salary => $97k
Acceptance rate => 39%
And how can you even forget about TAMU and Naveen Jindal???
Best Schools in Texas in that order =>
Mccombs
Rice
TAMU
Naveen Jindal
SMU/TCU( They are both bottom two and I cannot really decide)
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16 Jan 2018, 14:01
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stonecold
GTFO
Let's look at three average salaries: Consulting, Finance, & All
McCombs (2017 numbers)
Consulting: $136,000
Finance: $111,000
All: $117,00
Rice (2016 numbers)
Consulting: $119,000
Finance: $116,000
All: $112,000
A&M (2017)
Consulting: $111,000
Finance: $103,000
All: $105,000
UT-Dallas (2016)
Consulting: $77,000
Finance: $83,000
All: $90,000
Cox (2015 Numbers on Website, 2017 numbers through their admissions department)
2015
Consulting: $104,000
Finance: $101,000
All: $100,000
2017
Consulting: $120,000
Finance: $110,000
All: don't know, didn't ask
Neeley (2017 numbers)
Consulting: $103,000
Finance: $95,215
All: don't know, didn't ask
McCombs is best. No argument.
Rice is fine if you want to work in the Energy industry. Jones and Houston focus and live off of energy. So if you want to focus on Energy, Rice is second. If you want to focus on anything else. It also has a lot of alumni living in Houston. If you don't like Houston, don't go to Rice. No list of employers, so who knows who hires from Rice, but I bet all the big firms look. Second largest class size, so it has a good amount of positives going for it. Private as well.
A&M's 2017 #s barely beat Cox's 2015 #s. Cox's 2017 #s beat A&Ms handily. A&M is also a cult school. You only go there if you bleed Maroon. Average GMAT at A&M is 649. Average GMAT at Cox is 661.
UT-Dallas is for people who didn't plan ahead and got rejected from McCombs. Average age is 29 with a class size of 50. Crap starting salaries (worse than Neeley) and mostly general management companies hiring.
Cox is the best private school in Texas. Its reputation in Texas is remarkable (hence why GW Bush picked it for his Presidential library). Highest starting salary matches both McCombs & Jones at $150,000. With 120+ students, it is the third largest MBA class in Texas. If you don't like Houston, SMU beats Rice. If you want to go into an industry other than Energy or Tech, SMU beats Rice.
Neeley is a combination of Rice and UT-Dallas.
Your analysis seems to be 100% based on rankings, which don't take a ton into consideration.
For example, BusinessWeek (now US News) ranked SMU #12 in the World back in '08. The Economist currently ranks SMU Cox #6 in the world for faculty quality (which is kinda important if you plan on learning something). Cox also gets high marks in Finance and Quantitative studies in a ton of rankings.
Rankings can be played with and are usually "watered" down to the lowest common denominator.
I still stand by my statement: If you want to go into consulting in Dallas, Cox will do it. If you want to go into Finance in Dallas, Cox may be your best bet (even beating McCombs depending on how hard you network).
Rice will beat SMU when it comes to Energy, Tech, and anything in Houston and outside of Texas. McCombs will beat both outside of Texas. SMU can compete with McCombs in Finance in Dallas. SMU can compete with Rice in Consulting in Dallas.
Jindal, A&M, and Neeley are all playing in a different league.
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16 Jan 2018, 14:42
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You are delusional. I have written my comments in the form of highlights which can be seen in the quotes above.
To conclude -> SMU has an average GMAT of 650 or whatever and stands in no way close to Rice who has a Average GMAT of 710 and a much lower acceptance rate.
Rankings are there for a reason. DO they tell us the entire picture ? NO.
Will Cox beat other schools in some parameters? YES!!
Hell. Wisconsin beats Harvard in terms of Real estate MBA salary. Is it better than Harvard ? Please don't say yes
For Dallas ->
UT Austin >>>>>>>>>>RICE>>>>>>TAMU>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SMU
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