Why are DCUM parents less inclined to have their child major in business?
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Anonymous
Would you say its less notable to go into high school ED to make more? |
Anonymous
| It is a rather vulgar degree. My grandmother wouldn’t have let a business major into her front parlor, and I rather think she had the right idea. |
Anonymous
| its a waste of a degree. do a business minor ( acctg, financial mgmt, mktg and ops ) |
Anonymous
Knew someone who got a BA Business and ended up in law enforcement because could not find a job in business. Some folks who major in Business do just fine, but others not so much. |
Anonymous
My impression is that the quality of business faculty is equivalent to the quality of the overall institution. Unless it's a field like Finance, where, as with CS, the professor candidates can make more money outside academia. What people complain about is really about the outlook of the students who study business. I was quite serious about my MBA studies but a lot of people were just trying to get rich by getting to consulting or The Street. A lot of grad school is about pursuing one's own vocational interests. The people who are not obsessed with finance and consulting are fairly fun and interesting people. The marketers have a big impact on your daily life as a consumer. |
Anonymous
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Some commenters are not understanding the difference between the general business major and other degrees under the "business" umbrella, like finance, or accounting.
You can look at this graph and sort out salaries based on the type of business major you choose. If you look at *general* business/commerce majors for a bachelor's degree, you really get a sense for how crappy of a degree it is. NYU and UVA will get you 80K two years out, but then you are looking at salaries in the 60s, and the graduates of the institution with the 8th highest earners are making 55K. Two years out of college. I really expect my kids to be smarter than that. If you're going to blow a bunch of money on a low-ROI degree, at least make it a degree that does some good in the world and/or gives you some true life satisfaction. https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/business/ |
Anonymous
Is that a euphemism? |
Anonymous
Early childhood education is important but you run the risk of making as low as minimum wage for your entire career. It would be a terrible financial decision to major in it. |
Anonymous
Well it's NYU and UVA. You can leverage all kinds of degrees out of top schools, and there's not as much need to "play it safe" when historically these grads have been able to major in almost anything and end up successful (less for UVA, but this is especially true at top smaller colleges). |
Anonymous
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As always, people still living in the 80s are clueless.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-major-highest-lowest-incomes/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-major-highest-lowest-incomes/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-major-highest-lowest-incomes/ Business analytics, Finance, MIS, Accounting are all under Business program. That's why in general, business program is harder to get in and more competitive. |
Anonymous
So no marrying into the merchant class? Sounds like a Regency novel/Bridgerton. |
Anonymous
Mediocrity at its finest being competitive now. If money is the goal...CS. |
Anonymous
#1 is chemical engineering |
Anonymous
I'm sure it is on average. But, you can get much more pay and a high quality of life out of Tech. No one wants $120k just to live in Oklahoma or Houston. |
Anonymous
Sure it's on the average, similarly some people prefers Wall Street, IB, consulting, etc. |