Click here to go to the NEW College Discussion Forum

I want to major in economics, and and wondering which would school would you prefer if you were majoring in economics.

George Washington University or Indiana University?

By Celebrian23 (Celebrian23) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 06:41 pm: Edit

Indiana, GWU is not a really good school in my opinion, they just capitalize on their location

By Reidmc (Reidmc) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 07:01 pm: Edit

Business and economics are among the better areas at GWU, but I would still give the edge to Indiana.

By Hoo_29 (Hoo_29) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 07:08 pm: Edit

GWU is a billion times better than Indiana! Not just because of the location, but because of great academics. It is really hard to get into also. It has a 39% acceptance rate. Indiana U. is not that great of a school either. It's not a bad school, just a normal state school.

By Ivysearch (Ivysearch) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 11:50 am: Edit

For business, Indiana is much higher rated. Top 10 in the country I believe.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 12:08 pm: Edit

George Washington has stronger ECONOMICS program, however.

My recommendation would be Indidana for business, GWU for economics. Two completely different things.

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 12:34 pm: Edit

I personally like Indiana much better. Neither is good in Economics. In fact, I would say that they are both average in Economics. However, Indiana is a much better place to get a degree. The campus is much nicer than GWs and school spirit is much better on Indiana's campus. GW has no campus and no campus life. DC is a great city though...but Bloomington is a nice little city too.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 01:15 pm: Edit

You know, Alexandre, on this one I tend to agree with you. Indiana is just a much nicer academic atmosphere overall in my opinion as well. We're probably splitting hairs in trying to discuss which econ. program is better --- GWU offers the advantages of internship possibilities at places like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Fed. Reserve, FDIC, etc. --- but Indiana offers a stronger business program to take classes in, a plus if you're not sure you want a "straight" economics focus. Neither is particularly "known" for economics but niether is particularly "weak" for economics either. Probably a toss-up.

So, really, it's probably a matter of deciding on overall school fit and not worrying too much about the minute differences between the specific departments. What do you think?