Is it worth to go to PHD in Operations Management at Kent State University?

[ertay]

Hey fellas,

I am having trouble to finalize my last decision. I am from Portland, OR and have been accepted to three schools for PhD; Oregon state university (OSU), University of Oregon (UO) and Kent State University (KSU). For OSU and UO the program is economics and for KSU it is Operations Management. Although I am an econ major, I'd like to pursue finance or operations.

Does anyone have any idea about the life at KSU? Is it really worth to go there? I have never been there and thus no idea about the school and place.

Please help me to get some ideas. Any comment is appreciated.

Best..

Edited June 23, 2012 by ertay

[OregonGal]

(Go Ducks!)

Seriously though, I think the Econ department is decent at UO, though not top-tier, and the business school is decent as well if you want to branch out into finance or ops. I took an international trade/econ class from the department head, Bruce Blonigen, and he was pretty sharp. You could also check out Professor Chakraborty, who specializes in international finance.