Why don’t top schools have business majors

[Anonymous]

its not academic its vocational

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:its not academic its vocational

Like Engineer and CS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:its not academic its vocational

You could say that about virtually any major. Biochemistry is vocational and so is a foreign language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of top schools have undergraduate business programs:

Penn
Cornell
NYU
MIT
Michigan
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Berkeley
WashU
UVA
Emory
USC
Carnegie Mellon
Texas

Also, Rice just added an undergraduate business school. And Vanderbilt has HOD, which is similar to business. Outside of Cornell, Ivy League schools are a little more traditional and choose to stick to only offering economics degrees. As for recruitment, a business degree from NYU Stern or Berkeley Haas or Georgetown McDonough is valued as much if not more than an econ degree from Brown or Dartmouth or choose your school. But at the really elite levels, an engineering degree is probable more valuable than business/econ degrees from anywhere outside Wharton these days.

1000+. Hard to get into b-schools, btw!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Penn
Brown
Rice
Notre Dame
Emory
Michigan
All have undergrad business schools
Are these not top enough for you?

MIT, Cornell, Georgetown

Add NYU!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because a Business major is not as academic or intellectually curious as Economics or Mathematics. Top schools want scholars. There is a reason Business is so popular. Bc it is easier and less of an academic haul than an academic field of study.

Not sure why Math is being offered up as some alternative. Kids majoring in Math want to major in Math.

Honestly, most kids at these other schools if given the choice would in fact major in finance or something more practical. They aren’t picking Econ because they have a love for Econ…it’s just the closest degree offered.

In most schools where both Econ and Business are offered, most Econ kids are the ones who could NOT get in the business school….

Exactly! Business has become a vert popular major, and a hard one to gain admission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Business major is best for students at middling schools who need social mobility. If you're already at the top, there's no reason to major in something your parents could teach you one night at family dinner.

It's also for unmotivated rich students who need a holding pen before stepping into a parent's business, though.

I'm a high school teacher, and have worked in private schools in several states and countries. Consistently, the kids who aim to major in Business for undergrad are...not the smartest and not the kids with (any) intellectual curiosity. College is a tick-box place holder for them, and a place to have fun before being given an office in the family business.

It's not for kids who are smart, driven, or hungry for knowledge and growth.

But it serves a purpose.

Crazy post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its not academic its vocational

Like Engineer and CS

which top schools have as majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its not academic its vocational

Like Engineer and CS

like seamstress and chimney sweep, electrician and plumber.

understand now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Business major is best for students at middling schools who need social mobility. If you're already at the top, there's no reason to major in something your parents could teach you one night at family dinner.

It's also for unmotivated rich students who need a holding pen before stepping into a parent's business, though.

I'm a high school teacher, and have worked in private schools in several states and countries. Consistently, the kids who aim to major in Business for undergrad are...not the smartest and not the kids with (any) intellectual curiosity. College is a tick-box place holder for them, and a place to have fun before being given an office in the family business.

It's not for kids who are smart, driven, or hungry for knowledge and growth.

But it serves a purpose.

hm.. well, I went to a lower income public school, and a lot of smart lower income kids majored in business. I guess business majors are full of rich and poor kids, alike.

BTW, I've been making six figures since 2000, without an MBA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its not academic its vocational

Like Engineer and CS

like seamstress and chimney sweep, electrician and plumber.

understand now?

nurses, doctors, lawyers.. yep, I get it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For an undergraduate education, a business major is completely useless. I don't know why people waste time with a degree in business.

Undergrad in accounting is all one needs for that field. Will want to pass CPA exam eventually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its not academic its vocational

Like Engineer and CS

like seamstress and chimney sweep, electrician and plumber.

understand now?

It seems that someone from the 19th century aristocracy is now commenting.

My dear boy, you need to have a rigorous classics education lest you toil away as a lowly seamstress or chimney sweep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For an undergraduate education, a business major is completely useless. I don't know why people waste time with a degree in business.

There are a lot of useless undergrad degrees. Must be why some colleges are getting rid of those programs, like English. Business, however, is not one of them. Rather, they have grown in popularity such that for even T50 below schools, like UMD, those majors are considered LEP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its not academic its vocational

Like Engineer and CS

like seamstress and chimney sweep, electrician and plumber.

understand now?

It seems that someone from the 19th century aristocracy is now commenting.

My dear boy, you need to have a rigorous classics education lest you toil away as a lowly seamstress or chimney sweep.

lol.. yes, someone still thinks college is purely for a liberal arts education, and that alone will get you a high paying job.