I have never felt that a Finance degree, other than from a target undergrad bschool (e.g. Wharton, Stern, Ross) gave anyone much of a leg up compared to more technical degrees like Accounting, Data Science/Analytics, CIS/MIS. For the Wall Street type jobs, there is extensive analyst training in aspects of finance that are relevant to the job such that they are comfortable targeting students with traditional liberal arts degrees. For Main Street jobs, having an immediately applicable technical skill seems like an easier hire than someone who is more of a generalist.
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