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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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/ [/quote]
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).[/quote]

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