Maryland or UNC?! URGENT

[djgoldma]

Admitted:
1.University of Maryland, PhD pharmaceutical economics and health outcomes research
2. University of North Carolina-Chpel Hill, PhD in Pharmaceutical economics and health services research

-Received full funding and same stipend for each
-This program is administered through the dept of pharmacy, but courses are taken from econ dept, epidemiology dept, stats dept.
-UNC has a higher rank for the Pharmacy school, but the rank only reflects their PharmD degree
-Maryland's program is 25 years older, and they have a flawless track record for jobs after graduation
-My goal is to work in industry upon completion of my doctorate-Both schools have heavy ties with industry, while Maryland probably has more connections, because all UNC has is GSK (glaxosmithkline)
-Coursework is very similar

So, I think UNC is a bigger name school, but Maryland has ties with the FDA, NIH, and Baltimore is the 3rd largest biotech hub in the US. There are 2 biotech parks near the school. UNC also has research triangle park.

Can anyone shed some light as to how they would make this decision. Maryland was exceptiopnally nicer during the interview process, and really made me feel like they wanted me. UNC seemed more arrogant. As well, both programs are exceptionally selective.

Lastly, Maryland has the most pharmacoeconomists in their faculty, but both schools seem to have a lot of publications. To note, I will be taking maybe 20% of my coursework in the faculty of economics, so I guess their relative strengths matter.

ANY ADVICE

**BTW this is for january 2007 admission, and I must decide in 4-weeks.