Would a finance degree be a complete waste if I were to completely switch career paths?

Question

I've just recently started my major in finance and so far i've been doing quite well in all my classes. However, after some thought I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps this isn't the right field for me. I really want to achieve my goal of getting the degree but my biggest fear is being "trapped" into a certain field. Will the finance degree serve any use at all to me if I were to decide to pursue a non-business/corporate career? Or would it just be a complete waste?

Answer 1

No degree is a waste of time, you can always springboard from that into another career...A career in finance will carry you further than you think...because the whole world is about money. It is better to get a high degree and take a lesser career path than to get a blah blah degree (which is still good) and then try to reach for the stars.

Answer 2

There are many people that have a bachelor's and don't work in their field of study. What you study doesn't really matter much anymore, Undergrad degrees are very universal. The biggest thing is to earn that stupid piece of paper, regardless what the major is. If you don't want to stay in finance, no big deal, do what you enjoy doing. You won't regret finishing the degree, college is more about finding yourself than finding the "perfect" major.

Answer 3

Finance is very applicable to a range of fields. In some it might be directly useful, in others a sort of adjunctive bonus.

Basically, landing a good job means getting a graduate education, and getting a graduate education means getting some sort of Bachelor's degree.

Finish finance, work for awhile if you want, or apply to the type of graduate school program that really interests you.

Answer 4

my sis graduted with honors as a chemicl engineer, 4 years later, after abandoning her chosen field, she became avp for dreyfus financial... there IS hope 4 all... cheer up...