MBAs Climb to the Top of the Most Popular Degree List

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've concluded two things in recent years: 1) the MBA is the most marketable graduate degree; 2) an undergraduate business degree is worthless. Follow your passion as an undergraduate and go to the best possible business school.

false - Wharton UG curriculum prepares a student technically to be as good as any MBA program. I know quite a number of wharton UG's who were recruited directly into the buyside and never had to go to bschool, therefore not losing out on opportunity cost of 2 years even if paid by employer.

UG business degree is worth it if the place where you are getting it has the same recruiting linkages as top b-schools.

Afterall you really don't learn much even at a m7 bschool - it is mostly about the access to oci/recruiting and signalling on your resume.

[Anonymous]

If you think about it, how stupid is a business degree. If you are a businessman you don't need a degree at all.start a landscaping business at 18 then put on a suit and market yourself after investing the money you made while chip was at 6 years of b school. Read the Wall Street journal every day. Schmooz, look good and work hard.

[Anonymous]

Lol.,, you got 250k invested and chip has 300 k in debt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think about it, how stupid is a business degree. If you are a businessman you don't need a degree at all.start a landscaping business at 18 then put on a suit and market yourself after investing the money you made while chip was at 6 years of b school. Read the Wall Street journal every day. Schmooz, look good and work hard.

MBA entrepreneur here. I owned a small business going into my MBA and wondered about that too. However, entrepreneurs understand the full range of what an MBA teaches you. Sure, I aced my classes in entrpreneurship and operations management, but I struggled in financial accounting and corporate finance, for good reason. I had never thought about those topics in detail, and as an entrepreneur just focused on cashflow without thinking about the bigger picture you can see from financial statements.

Strategy/strategic management was also great for me -- it (along with some other courses) teaches you different ways to approach a problem.

For me at least, the MBA was extremely valuable. I was able to take my business to the next level because of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think about it, how stupid is a business degree. If you are a businessman you don't need a degree at all.start a landscaping business at 18 then put on a suit and market yourself after investing the money you made while chip was at 6 years of b school. Read the Wall Street journal every day. Schmooz, look good and work hard.

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If you think about it, how stupid is a business degree. If you are a businessman you don't need a degree at all.start a landscaping business at 18 then put on a suit and market yourself after investing the money you made while chip was at 6 years of b school. Read the Wall Street journal every day. Schmooz, look good and work hard.

Business degrees are worth it. It is obvious you do not know anything about running a business or what is taught at business schools.