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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Business undergrad is lower end trade skills. Good for working in G&A (HR, Accounting), not for career growth.

For becoming a leader in a business, business degrees pair much better with skill in the company's subject matter , so double major or ugrad in a "product"  subject and then MBA. [/quote]

Unless u do a undergrad from a top 10 business school ( nyu, ucla, etc) Undergrad business degree is pretty weak.

will Land up with a job at a local insurance company etc. Do CS + Business etc

If u do accounting - that gold. Big demand. [/quote]

Prestige matters a little more for business degrees than for CS or engineering. 
A business degree from a top 25iwh school is top-notch. 
Second-tier business programs from schools like Villanova, Northeastern, and Boston University are still much better than humanities programs.

Kids who choose business over CS are usually not really interested in CS. 
Business programs these days have a lot of CS/IT flavor. 
If you major in MIS, analytics, etc., you will cover a lot of IT and data science aspects. 
You can add these to any type of business degree.

My kid is in a business program at a top 20 school majoring in business analytics. 
DC has a lot of courses in Python programming, SQL, data science/visualization, etc..

Prestige matters a little more for business degrees than for CS or engineering. A business degree from a top 25 school is top-notch. Second-tier business programs from schools like Villanova, Northeastern, and Boston University are still much better than humanities programs.

Kids who choose business over CS are usually not really interested in CS. Business programs these days have a lot of CS/IT flavor. If you major in MIS, analytics, etc., you will cover a lot of IT and data science aspects. You can add these to any type of business degree.

My kid is in a top 20 business program majoring in business analytics. He has taken a lot of courses in Python programming, SQL, and data science/visualization.

If you get a generic business degree from a mediocre school with no good hard skills, then that could be a concern.
It all depends.

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