No-name school better for Econ or finance?

blossom
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:57:45 +0000

If you’re thinking about the role the name plays in employment, big organizations with professional recruiting teams care more about rigor than the name. And although many kids assume the degrees are interchangeable- they aren’t in many situations.

You want to study the link between gender and household income? There are roles at the World Bank, UN, think tanks, congressional policy roles, etc. that will be excited about your senior research thesis on that topic-- as an econ major. You want to understand if early adoption of a digital purchasing platform for consumer products companies increased the companies valuation over the last decade? Economists (and the people who hire them) likely won’t care… but companies in the Fortune 500 hiring for their Investor Relations or corporate finance teams will find that very interesting.

Figure out what you are interested in studying.