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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like there’s such outdated information whenever this type of question is posted.

For top 20 schools that don’t offer an undergrad business major, sure, it doesn’t matter if you major in business.

However, once you get out of that group (and even for the top 20 schools that have business majors within that group) - say, when you get to the Michigan/USC-level - it generally makes a HUGE difference if you’re a business major or not for opportunities.

Why? Because most business programs have a dedicated career services offices that only business majors can use and many on-campus interviews are restricted to those majors. If you’re on one of those campuses, the job-seeking experience for a business major vs. non-business major can be night and day. Michigan is a great example - talk to anyone that has been in the Ross undergrad program vs. non-Ross.

I went to a top 50 undergrad school and double-majored in finance and economics. Many people here probably think or even have argued that those ought to be interchangeable in terms of job opportunities. However, at my college, finance was in the undergrad business school while econ was in the liberal arts school. Even though my econ major was frankly more difficult academically, it was the finance major that provided me access to all of the business career services support because it was part of the business school and set up on-campus interviews directly with companies and firms. The econ major job support basically consisted of public job listings and no on-campus interview connections.

Now, once again, if you’re at Harvard majoring in economics, then you’re golden. However, if you’re not at one of those top 20 schools, it’s imperative to check out *who* can actually use the business career services office at that school. If it’s restricted to business majors, then it absolutely makes a massive difference in opportunities.[/quote]

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