If you were starting college over again what major would you choose?

[Real Talk of NY]

Same major, I would have done ROTC though. Guaranteed career upon graduation.

 

[Darts]

Some relatively high end trade skill.

 

[AgentGrey]

If you doing business, stick w/ accounting, finance, and/or econ. No offense, but marketing, hr, and mgmt is a joke. If it's a must, select the later as a minor.

Marketing aint a desirable skill outchea?
I thought thats where all the money is.​

 

[The Nigerian]

Marketing aint a desirable skill outchea?
I thought thats where all the money is.​

Marketing is a worthless degree. Want to be in marketing? Get yourself a marketing gig. Get a job where you can demonstrate that you can engage clients on the phone and face to face. Get a telemarketing gig, volunteer your time with a campaign, work at your school's development fund, anything. Get some experience then parlay it to a B2B sales gig then cake. Any reputable firm will pay for your advanced education.

I wouldn't fork over $40k to $80K getting a degree that says I can do something that I could demonstrate without it.

 

[AgentGrey]

Marketing is a worthless degree. Want to be in marketing? Get yourself a marketing gig. Get a job where you can demonstrate that you can engage clients on the phone and face to face. Get a telemarketing gig, volunteer your time with a campaign, work at your school's development fund, anything. Get some experience then parlay it to a B2B sales gig then cake. Any reputable firm will pay for your advanced education.

I wouldn't fork over $40k to $80K getting a degree that says I can do something that I could demonstrate without it.

I agree with the bolded, I meant as far as minoring in marketing instead of finance. Good point tho ​

 

[MaccabeanRebel]

OH yeah, we're having fun out here

And it's much more than "basic math" and a "network" .. The degree qualifies you for a whole diff. set of jobs than were available to you before. The network is valuable, and not just alumni of your school but a whole new crowd of people you'll become associated with through internships, events, classmates, etc. Plus the academic material is more from an "executive" point of view. You'll get business from all angles (marketing, strategy, finance, econ, accounting, etc) through the lens of being in charge and managing people. It's def. one of the better decisions I've made that's for sure

Plus I'm not even paying 1/4 that 60g a year you speak of and I'm in a top 30 program

Inspiration, thanks breh.

 

[Gus Money]

I'm still in school....so nothing i say is backed by experience

The 13 Best-Paying College Majors: PayScale List

That's the top 14 majors for starting & median salary. Economics is the only business-related major on there Finance, Acct. & Business Management The other 13 are science, engineering or computer-related.





From my research, majoring in Economics gives you a lot of options. You can do:


Law School: the reason Econ majors do better in LS than our Finance or Accounting peers is because our major better develops our qualitative skills. Econ isn't just teaching you how to run dcf models or lever/unlever beta. It's a study of how the whole mass functions. More theory based. Gives you alot of the same skills needed to be a lawyer.

Consulting: Bain, Deloitte, Mckinsey

Public Sector/Government: Capitol Hill/Fed Reserve/FDIC/World Bank/FTC/BLS etc.

Teaching: getting a Phd in Econ is rough as hell though

Econ majors can get into Investment/Corporate banking, Sales & Trading or typical Finance spots at Corporate 500s as well.



Again, I dont graduate til next winter. I'll find out how rough the job market is. My boy graduated last year (Econ), he's at Moody's now My roomie graduated too (same), he's at Goldman Sachs

How much math is involved in your degree program? We had a BA and BS in econ at my school and the BS involved more math.

 

[YBE]

How much math is involved in your degree program? We had a BA and BS in econ at my school and the BS involved more math.

Only BA. Applied Calc, Stat, Econometrics, Micro/Macro...

 

[Rufus Dufus]

How come you'd do that over Econ?

Finance and Accounting are applicable to more jobs than Econ.

 

[Gus Money]

Only BA. Applied Calc, Stat, Econometrics, Micro/Macro...

That math would have killed me. I still kinda wish I would have tried though.

 

[606onit]

Engineering

Or something in the Health Care Field...Cardiac Sonography, MRI Tech

Yeah, anyone fukkin with sonography? shyt is a lick.

 

[Yapdatfool]

Would've gotten an MIS or engineering degree with a concentration or minor in entrepreneurship instead of a CS degree...