Rank these business majors?

Irreplaceable
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 18:04:27 +0000

I think accounting is the best. You learn concrete skills (like an engineer), and accounting is also the language of business, so you learn how a business functions. If your GPA is 3.5+ and you have decent interviewing skills, you would have a very good chance of getting a job at one of the big 4 firms. Lots of great exit opportunities if you can stick it out a few years. Even if you can’t get a job at one of the big 4 firms, there are other big firms you could work for, like Grant Thornton, or you could work in the private sector. Investment banks also hire accounting majors. An accounting major can do anything that a finance major can do, but a finance major can’t do everything that an accounting major can do.

International business and entrepreneurship are too broad. They would be better combined with a second major. I’ve listened to several business seminars by entrepreneurs, and one of the points that they focus on is the important of marketing when launching a business. You have to market your product/company to investors and to consumers. So if you’re interested in entrepreneurship, maybe double major in marketing.

Schools with good business programs that aren’t too competitive:
Brigham Young University(!!!)
Temple University
Southern Methodist University
Texas Christian University
Boston University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Ohio State University
Penn State University
UIUC
Baruch College (!!!)
Fordham University
San Jose State University
Cal Poly SLO
Babson College
University of Alabama
University of Alabama at Huntsville
Bentley University

Would be more helpful and specific if you posted your stats.