Which major goes better with Finance? (Accounting / Marketing / Economics)?

Question

In terms of job opportunities, salary and level of ease

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

They're all important, but I'd put them in this order: 1) Economics; 2) Marketing and 3) Accounting. Economics gives you the broadest range of knowledge in the area. Marketing is targeted to the better sales methods. If you get a job in business, someone else can do the accounting. Also, there is a ceiling, in a sense, as to how far you can advance in accounting. There no degree after a CPA and more individuals are using products like TurboTax to do their own returns. If you get an Economics degree, you'll have to take marketing and accounting courses, anyway.

Answer 2

I have a PhD in Finance, an MBA with a finance concentration and an undergraduate degree in mathematics. The mathematics was the most useful.

However, if you are at a school with a good finance program, majoring in Finance would be best for getting a job. But take a lot of economics and math classes and a class in financial accounting.

My second choice would be to major in either economics or mathematics and take classes in finance and accounting.

Answer 3

From what I have seen, economics is good to pair with finance, and I know several people with this combo.

Although if you have marketing knowledge, that could get you in the door with sales jobs where you could earn a heap of commission.

As for level of ease, from hardest to easiest in my opinion: Economics, Acct, and Marketing.

There really isn't a "ceiling" in accounting. Besides getting a CPA, you could go for a CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CMA (Certified Management Accountant), CFM (Certified in Financial Management), CFA (Certified Financial Analyst) and get advanced degrees like a masters or a PhD in accounting. And there are other careers in accounting besides doing tax returns. You could wind up as the CFO (Chief Financial Officer; I know, a lot of acronyms) of a company and earn a decent salary.

At my school, an economics degree is considered a humanities degree for which you could earn a BS or a BA, and not considered a business degree, but you do take accounting and finance as part of your core. A double major in business and economics is considered favorable where I went, although we weren't allowed to double major in two business disciplines like accounting and finance for example. Some schools, like Wheaton College have a major with both finance and economics built in. It just depends on where you go and what they allow you to do.

Answer 4

I would say if you want to work in finance a degree in accounting would be the best bet then economics and marketing is not really on the map. Salary should not be much different based on your college major and level of ease is not something you should consider because everyone considers something else easy, for me accounting is extremely confusing for others it comes naturally.

Answer 5

Finance and accounting are a good combination, because in many finance jobs, you are working with accounting data.

On the other hand, there are a lot of places in finance where marketing skills can help you a lot. Financial institutionals have to market what they have to offer, and a knowledge of both disciplines is useful.

If you are going to look at finance in a broader context, then economics is a good complement to finance.

I work in a financial firm, and I have seen successful job candidates with minors (and sometimes even majors) in each of the fields you mentioned.

Answer 6

i exchange into planned to alter into Economist yet by some potential I conflicted with some thing else. Economist in all danger earn the better sales and an promoting in case you get the better degree from college.