Northeastern University . . . USA,Boston

Hi guys

what do you think of Northeastern university online ? any experience


i don't have problem with money

i want the quality and the outcome


http://www.northeastern.edu

 

Northeastern is a teir 2 school; which seems to be great school. Especially there is no negative experience about it. Sorry, I never gone there... However, I am interested in their MBA.

 

What program are you interested in?

I believe it is considered a Tier 1 school for undergrad (according to USNWR).

Their business school is solid but gets overshadowed due to the fact that there are five programs in the greater Boston area that are ranked in the top 50 nationwide (Harvard, MIT, BU, BC and Babson). I know the Director of Program and Student Services for Northeastern's MBA program and they are making strides to grow their reputation.

 

I'm interested in their


business administration B.S or A.S degree





thanks in advance

 

Northeastern University is ranked number 96, which is considered Teir 2 school. If the school is not 50 or below cannot consider teir 1 school. If you are looking for the name, Why's not Havard Extension School or Syracuse University , or teir 1 school = Penn State?

I think Penn State is cheapter than Northeastern.

 

Hi diver - Boston is a city that is filled with colleges. Northeastern doesn't get a lot of press because of all the others in the area like Harvard, MIT, BU, BC, etc. My own school (Wentworth) is on the same street as Northeastern and so I knew a lot of people enrolled there. It has a very good reputation. From the perspective of the resident students, it stands out because they work on a 5 year plan. All the students become involvved in work-study programs and the school does a very good job of placing students in jobs related to their majors. That way when they graduate with their Bachelors degrees they also have some real world experience in their area of interest. That becomes quite useful when looking for jobs or applying to grad programs. If there is a particular program at Northeastern that has caught your attention I don't think you could go wrong because it's highly regarded. One of our other members said it is a tier 2 school. I'd probably agree with that because, as I said, it has a very good rep locally.

 

I don't get it. Who came up with this system? If I understand correctly, the tier system is a categorization by USN&WR. They say NU is a tier 1 school. (http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/2199). And yet it is not? Weird...

 

I especially like this statement from USNWR:

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2008/08/21/2009-frequently-asked-questions.html#4

"What are tiers, and why are some schools listed in tiers and not number ranked?
In order to focus on the best schools, U.S. News publishes the numbered rank of approximately the top 50 percent of schools in all the categories. The remaining schools are placed in tiers or broad groups, based on their overall score in their category (the third and fourth tiers), and listed alphabetically."

USNWR is deciding who is in what tier. Subjective is an understatement.

You would be right. Carnegie Classification not the USNWR is the best indicator of the type of school.

http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/

USNWR is merely a ranking system, and very subjective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_and_university_rankings

I use the USNWR rankings as a yardstick and nothing more.

 

Ditto. USNWR is good for a first orientation. Beyond that, it pays to look at other sources. And of courses, nothing beats a good old-fashioned campus visit and talking to people in the department.

The Carnegie Classification is fantastic. Obviously, its beauty lies in its complexity, which makes unattractive to many. Most people seem to prefer USNWR's simple and less differentiated system. After all, one simple number describing the whole institution is "like totally easy to understand"...

 

true that . i totally agree with you brother ..

 

Well, then do you agree with Forbes' ranking?

URL: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/94/colleges-09_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank.html?partner=yahooshine

 

IMO, Forbes is difficult to take seriously due to rankings like this:

155 Oklahoma Wesleyan University
167 University of Wyoming
168 Tulane University
173 Johns Hopkins University
174 University of Texas, Austin
179 University of Washington
186 University of Florida
187 University of Colorado, Boulder
188 Ouachita Baptist University
190 Texas A&M University, College Station
200 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
207 Cornell University

Nothing against OWU and Wyoming and Ouachita Baptist U, but this is absurd. Forbes methodology relies on indexing student happiness with their choice of schools. This needs to be tweaked, to say the least.