bennyblanco

is there any real difference?

lets talk about it

1MX

it's all in the context of the school. For example a BS in economics from princeton is the same as a business degree.

StreetSmartNYC

One is a bachelors of business Administration and the other is a bachelors of science, but both are business degree. Some schools let you pick which one you would like, just different curriculum.

the_aspirant

there's no real difference.

BS in business or BBA, same thing.. different name.

redhare317

It's just a different degree name that ultimately leads to the same education.

taxguy

For what it's worth, a BS is supposed to have more liberal arts requirements than that found in a BBA. Frankly, I haven't seen this to always be the case.

redhare317

I also noticed that some BBAs (like some MBAs) don't require a major/concentration but rather allows to set up your own curriculum. A BS requires a major in something.

At my school, everyone gets a general BBA, not a BBA in anything. Aside from the core, there is no major/concentration requirement. The elective courses are up to the individual. You can take one of each department, take 2 finance and 3 marketing electives, take 4 finance and nothing else, whatever you want. I would guess that a BS wouldn't really have this kind of structure. That being said, I know Texas has a BBA program that allows students to concentrate in something, so you get a BBA in something. Maybe there really is no definitive difference.

VectorWega

I originally went to school that offered both a BBA and BS in Management Information Systems. The BBA required more business classes and the BS required more technical classes and was kind of like a combination between CS and MIS.