Plenty of students and parents preparing for US college admissions share the same goal: major in business at an Ivy League school. It sounds natural, but Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia offer no undergraduate business degree at all. A plan built around a major that doesn't exist can steer a student toward choices that don't match where they actually want to go. The good news is that business-minded students have strong options whether or not their school offers the major.
Only two Ivies have an undergraduate business school
Six of the eight Ivy League universities have no undergraduate business school. The two exceptions are the University of Pennsylvania, home of the Wharton School, and Cornell, where undergraduate business degrees come through two schools in the SC Johnson College of Business: the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Nolan School of Hotel Administration.
Outside the Ivy League, several top universities do run undergraduate business programs. MIT is one of them: its Sloan School of Management offers undergraduate majors in management, business analytics, and finance, known collectively as Course 15.
| University | Ivy League | Undergraduate business school |
|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | Yes | The Wharton School |
| Cornell University | Yes | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management; Nolan School of Hotel Administration |
| MIT | No | Sloan School of Management (Course 15) |
| UC Berkeley | No | Haas School of Business |
| New York University | No | Stern School of Business |
| University of Michigan | No | Ross School of Business |
| Carnegie Mellon University | No | Tepper School of Business |
| University of Notre Dame |
