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re: What is your school’s most known academic field of study?

Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:36 pm to
Posted by Kevua2175
Birmingham
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:36 pm to
Law
Business
University of Alabama medical school in Birmingham.
Posted by oman
Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
3280 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 9:57 pm to
I like it.

Safety schools showing some gumption!
Posted by DuncanIdaho
Ouray, CO
Member since Feb 2013
14970 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:03 pm to
Russian Studies
Posted by Bamajedi
Member since Sep 2017
384 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:05 pm to
Pretty sure we dominate forestry chemical sciences
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
5318 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:16 pm to
Gumbo
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
83341 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:28 pm to
Most known and best may not be the same thing really.

Alabama flew up USNWR law rankings, but the rest of the country probably doesn't look at UA and go "oh yeah, top law school." To be fair, with schools like Alabama and UGA I'm not sure what you pick, because they're just solid all around and may not have anything specific that sticks out to most people.

Growing up, I feel like UGA was known for a good journalism school, good vet school as well. Terry and the law school are strong, but I didn't hear them touted as much. Not sure about Bama.

For AU, I assume most people think vet, engineering or ag, even though undergrad architecture or building science may be our top statistical programs.
Posted by PineGroveBully
Member since Nov 2017
491 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:29 pm to
I actually have an accounting degree from UM
Posted by DuncanIdaho
Ouray, CO
Member since Feb 2013
14970 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:30 pm to
Education as well...

But I run across more building science alum than anything now. I don't know anybody from the Ag part of it other than a friend of mine who was in Turf Management that ended up as a golf course superintendent.
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 10:32 pm
Posted by PineGroveBully
Member since Nov 2017
491 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:34 pm to
Don't forget field turf and golf course management. Ever admired the University of Phoenix turf the AZ Cards play on? You're welcome 'merica.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
104987 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:39 pm to
Alabama's accounting program is #7 nationally per PAR

Posted by Gradual_Stroke
Bee Cave, TX
Member since Oct 2012
20917 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:47 pm to
quote:

with schools like Alabama and UGA I'm not sure what you pick



One of these things is not like the other


I love Alabama grads pretending they are a respectable academic institution
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:50 pm to
quote:

I love Alabama grads pretending they are a respectable academic institution


I got a top 10 national degree from Alabama. It's served me and pretty much everyone I graduated with well.

Also, petti is an Auburn grad.
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 10:51 pm
Posted by DuncanIdaho
Ouray, CO
Member since Feb 2013
14970 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:52 pm to
All state schools except Vandy. at anybody pretending otherwise.
Posted by The Winner
Member since Nov 2016
8143 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:54 pm to
Probably Meterology.

Engineering and Agriculture are up there.
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:54 pm to
Delegating. We train some of the best at delegating in the country. I once went almost three months without doing a damned thing I was supposed to do as part of my job description by careful delegating.

quote:

All state schools except Vandy


I don't care if it was unintentional or not. Nice subtle troll of Tennessee.
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 10:57 pm
Posted by tigerbait2010
PNW
Member since May 2006
31614 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 10:57 pm to
LSU's accounting program overall isn't as highly rated as the rest of the SEC schools, but we have the #1 internal audit program in the country

LINK


LSU was the first university to implement an audit program. Goldman Sachs, the Big 4, all the major healthcare companies, Exxon, (i could go on and on) recruit LSU students through the program.


We have the #1 landscape architecture program in the country

Randomly we have an elite masters in history I believe

top 5 (maybe top 3?) petroleum engineering, probably a distant 3rd to A&M and Texas.



Other than that we specialize in hiring wife beating, alcoholic football head coaches
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 10:58 pm
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8946 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 11:01 pm to
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For Oklahoma

Nobody gives a frick. This is the SECRant.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
104987 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 11:05 pm to
PAR Undergrad Rankings

7. Alabama
8. Ole Miss
9. Texas A&M
10. Florida
11. Georgia
13. Missouri

PAR Masters Rankings

8. Ole Miss
9. Alabama
10. Texas A&M
11. Florida
13. Georgia
15. Missouri
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 11:06 pm
Posted by Farmer1906
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Apr 2009
51790 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 11:37 pm to
Undergrad
9. Ole Miss
10. Florida
11. Georgia
13. Missouri
15. Texas A&M
18. Alabama
34. Tennessee


Grad
17. Georgia
20. Florida
21. Missouri
22. Texas A&M
26. Alabama
27. Ole Miss
32. Tennessee
38. Arkansas
40. Auburn
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
104987 posts
Posted on 2/22/18 at 11:39 pm to
PAR is basically the only ranking anyone pays attention to in the Accounting world. It's what schools splash on their literature and their Top 100 is the standard of yearly public firm reviews.

The league is well represented. Tennessee and Auburn generally place somewhere in the Top 25 as well. All have fantastic CPA pass rates. Most Big 4 offices in the East/South are filled with SEC grads rounded out with UT, UNC, UVA and spotted regional schools.
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 11:45 pm
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