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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A degree in business administration (worthless)  is completely different than a degree in accounting or marketing (useful). There are about three different conversations going on here and some of you are too defensive to notice.[/quote]
they are not mutually exclusive. I have a bachelor's of business administration and majored in accounting.[/quote]

I think what they are trying to say is that a generic Business administration degree where there is NO focus required for a specific major (ie. Accounting/finance/marketing/data analysis/etc) is not worth as much.  I know at my DC university, most  Business majors get a focused BS in one of 10 areas.  However, a kid can still graduate with just a bachelor in Business admin if they don't maintain high enough grades for their "major" classes---they just get the generic degree then and I would argue that that is not very meaningful, especially when an employer can easily figure out that the reason for the lack of FInancne/Accounting/Marketing degree is that they lacked at least a 2.0 in the "Finance specific courses".  Then again, the low GPA will also be a huge issue for getting the first job as well
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It must depend on the school. Many of the business schools I'm familiar with, such as Haas (UC-Berkeley), Ross at UMich and Kenan-Flagler at UNC-Chapel Hill, which are three of highest ranked in the country, don't offer specific majors within a business program. You just get the Bachelor's of Business Administration. I'd be willing to bet their graduates, who mostly work at companies like Apple, Goldman, Big4 firms, MBB, Microsoft, etc. don't think their degrees were "worthless." [/quote]

Absolutely depends on the program. Those schools will always produce graduates in demand. [/quote]

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