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

[filial_piety]

I need advice from any of you geeks

Im about 95% sure Im returning to school to major in business management and minor in finance

Is that gonna have me makin 60-70k or working at target

Depends on several things. But one strong indicator will be the school that you go to. If you go to okie doke U well you might be lucky to work at target...more like bagging groceries in this economy.

If you go to somewhere like NYU Stern for undergrad business with the right internship, you could bank coming right out.

 

[Rekkapryde]

I started as Electrical Engineering and changed to Industrial since I hated programming. I would look into ChemE though. I liked Chemistry and aced all my chemistry classes. ChemE's make REAL good bread too from the start.

 

[Sad Bunny]

I need advice from any of you geeks

Im about 95% sure Im returning to school to major in business management and minor in finance

Is that gonna have me makin 60-70k or working at target

a degree is the easy part. its up to you breh.

i know ppl with degrees still working at campus bookstores and shyt

get good grades, network, join clubs or organizations and intern. hunt jobs.

 

[god shamgod]

Depends on several things. But one strong indicator will be the school that you go to. If you go to okie doke U well you might be lucky to work at target...more like bagging groceries in this economy.

If you go to somewhere like NYU Stern for undergrad business with the right internship, you could bank coming right out.

Most likely a cc for 2 years then transferring to a uic,depaul university

No degrees from the university of phoenix online campus

a degree is the easy part. its up to you breh.

i know ppl with degrees still working at campus bookstores and shyt

get good grades, network, join clubs or organizations and intern. hunt jobs.

No doubt.I just heard business degrees are a crap shoot because A LOT of people got em

 

[Danie84]

Learn about IT applications.

BA degree in journalism to my childhood dreams of being behind the scene as a a writer for a magazine, tv show, or newsreporter.

 

[YBE]

How's the job prospects for econ majors breh, I'm seriously considering majoring in that in the next yr because I want to go to law school but I also want to have something to be my back up if that fails.


And I've seen that people with economics majors tend to fare very well on the LSAT and also have many options.

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

 

[filial_piety]

Most likely a cc for 2 years then transferring to a uic,depaul university
No degrees from the university of phoenix online campus



No doubt.I just heard business degrees are a crap shoot because A LOT of people got em

both good schools...if I were you i'd go with depaul

 

[resurrection]

What are peoples perception on MBAs these days? Thought crossed my mind not to long ago....but then I quickly came back down to reality. You want me yo pay you 60g's a year to teach me basic math and so I can be associated with a 'network'. I'd rather take my chances on my own.

My MBA buddies do 'appear' to be having fun tho

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

 

[TYBG]

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.

 

[The Nigerian]

I have a degree in Econ. Very satisfied with my decision.

Though, if pressed to choose another major I'd probably go with finance. Same thing, just far more focused.

 

[KritNC]

Have a BA in Econ.

If I could go back in time, I'd major in accounting or finance.

Same situation as you, it like econ you stuck in limbo its just a little too vague to give you the edge over other majors

 

[FAH1223]

Computer Engineering or Architecture.



def not have been a lawyer, that shyt is a trap brehs.

yeah... all that debt and the shid job market had me like when I was close to really going for it by taking the LSATs and ish

I probably shoulda just stuck to computer science

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

Question,

So whats stopping y'all from going back to college and getting the degree you should have gotten in the first place?

honestly, i was thinking that when i posted in this thread. but, i'm not ready to deal with all the politics of school again, at this very moment. it's probably something i'll look into when i get a little older, like maybe less than five years from now. but not at this moment...

 

[Kalik]

Same shyt Im in now... graphic design.
I would have stayed current and knowledgeable... in web and online shyt.

I'm behind the curve now

 

[john goodman]

I'd do economics all over again

fukk a job