I want to become a business major with a concentration in Finance but everyone keeps advising me not to. I know a few people that graduated with Business degrees and they wish that they had changed their majors. I was told that it was hard to find a job or the jobs were low paying. SO, is it a bad idea to major in Business?
2007-06-28 04:54:38 · 7 answers · asked by mountaintop_23 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
That is not my impression. Which majors would your friends with business degrees have preferred? And why do they wish they had taken the other degrees? I can't imagine that it is easier to get a job with a degree in history, sociology, art, philosophy, etc.--unless you went to an Ivy or perhaps Stanford.
If business is your thing, go for it.
2007-06-28 05:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By no means is a Business major a bad idea. In fact it's one of the best degrees out there in terms of its relativity to the real-world. Next to accounting (the highest recruited major out there) and the technology field, a business major almost guarantees you a job if you prove yourself worthy to any future employer.
You have those sociology, anthropology, Literature studies, and so on degrees that have the students having a very hard time finding careers after they graduate (unless they want to teach the things). With a Business degree virtually every company out there is an option since they run on business, and they pay decent paying salaries plus commission and bonuses, but as mentioned in an above statement you have to be focused in knowing what you want to do in order to get a good one. Having a Finance degree especially narrows your field in a good way.
But a business degree and it's subsequent career is very initiative driven, with lots of teamwork and networking involved. In other words you can't slack off because you'll be found out quickly. The only way to show your worth is by proving it, pure and simple. Maybe that's why the people you knew wish they had changed their majors to more lazaire faire one.
2007-06-28 07:39:25 · answer #2 · answered by williamdefalco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be one of those people who majored in business and did not find a satisfying job afterward. I am now getting a master's in education to become a teacher. The problem with a business degree is that there are a lot of busniess degree holders out there and many people who major in other areas end up in business. My suggestion? Go to a school with multiple majors and make sure business is what you really want to do. If you take a class and really end up hating it, then you know it's not for you and it'll be easier to change majors than to transfer schools.
2007-06-28 11:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a bad choice at all. Business Administration is one of the few majors where you really get a broad education in relevant areas - Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Operations Management, Management, Human Resources, Business Law, Real Estate, etc. If you get a degree in business you will be incredibly marketable, because let's face it - business is business.
2007-06-28 05:44:44 · answer #4 · answered by jimb0409 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a bad idea to become a business major if your reason for doing so is so that you can spend most of your college life partying with the expectation that a job will magically appear at the end of the rainbow when you finish your degree with a 2.5 GPA.
Good jobs are hard to find. They tend to go to students who have distinguished themselves relative to their peers. That's true regardless of your major.
In the business world, entry level jobs are often poorly paid, partly because there are plenty of applicants who will gladly take those jobs. You work your way up to the real money by proving yourself on the job.
2007-06-28 05:22:44 · answer #5 · answered by Fly On The Wall 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends. You want to be focused on the career you want.
do you have a good knowledge of Accounting and become employed as one.
My sister graduated with a Master's in Business Administration and didn't know what to do with it. She is good with statistics, so she ended up teaching statistics for years. You have to be focused on the use you want for it, and be clear with your academic advisors.
In financing, do you want to become a financial planner? You can do this with an associates degree. There are many options.
2007-06-28 05:05:45 · answer #6 · answered by Marissa Di 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a bad choice, if you are interested in business, there are many jobs out there that pay well and make good careers but it is all up to the individual who is looking at them
2007-06-28 05:01:50 · answer #7 · answered by hedteach 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋