Which college major has better career options and opportunities in the future, Business/Economics or Medicine?

Question

I just got accepted to UCLA and UC Berkeley and i am debating whether to major in business/economics or medicine. Which major provides higher paying jobs in the future and has a larger scope of opportunities and which one is harder? Please help if you know im desperate for an answer :)

Answer 1

Take classes in both fields when you are doing your general education courses and see which one you like better. While job prospects are important, doing something you actually like would prevent you from being miserable. People who became doctors because it pays a lot are not very good doctors and it's the same for business.

Berkeley has a better academic reputation, so no matter which major you end up choosing, you'll have the recognition of being a Cal grad. But you'll get a fine education at either campus, so you should consider your personal preference and any financial concerns.

Medicine will be harder than business because you'll be in school for 8 years plus residency. Business is about how you apply yourself and you can get going with just a bachelor's degree.

Answer 2

I think a business/econ major has more career options than a medicine major. There are a lot of careers available for a business/econ major and you will make good money (although not as much as doctors) I think with a degree in medicine, the only job available is being a doctor.

Medicine provides a higher paying job, but doesnt have as much of opportunities (in my opinion) as business/econ. Doctors who work in hospitals generally work longer, high stress hours than business/econ majors. Even if the doctor wants to open his or her own practice, he or she would still have to do internship and residency at a hospital first.

I think medicine is harder to do because there is a lot of schooling involved and a lot of things to remember in medicine.

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Answer 3

I assume you mean Premed. Medicine is a graduate program.

Medicine pays better -- but if you don't get into medical school, you will have to settle for something else.

Economics/busiess gives you lots of options.

You don't have to decide now. You could start out taking premed classes. At Berkeley, the business school doesn't admit you until your junior year. You don't hav to decide which way to go until the end of your sophomore year.

My advice is to choose Berkeley over UCLA.

Answer 4

I feel that medicine is the better choice. It pays real good money and you get to help a lot of people. In medicine you can work in a hospital, private office, school, country departments...etc practically anywhere. plus, we all know that medicine is going to be around forever and because improvements can always be made in that field. u have a much broader sense of where to work or what to do, u can be a doctor or work in health administration and hundreds of other areas.

bus/econ is also good but it has greater risks because by luck you will make money, in medicine u r guaranteed to get a job.

this is my opinion, and i hope it helps....

good luck....

PS- i have friends who go to Berkeley and they major in Medicine, they say it's a great program....so i wish u luck

Answer 5

Having worked and still working in both medicine and business - I would say business has more scope, this especially true with increased trade relations due to the WTO and globalization. I would say that of the two, medicine is more demanding - how hard it is depends on your background (education, desires, etc...) - also with business you can mix medicine with business as health-care is a business for most of the world

Answer 6

i would say medicine, it is always changing, and with more people growing older, there will be a lot more need of doctors, nurses, and anything really. as long as you like lots of science math and learning new things, medicine would probably be better