UMich LSA Econ vs IU BA

MidwestPack
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:51:23 +0000

blossom:

In the companies I’ve worked for, marketing majors (or concentrations) are often seen as the “low rigor” version of a statistics major. High on content (which goes out of date every couple of years) and low on analytics (which go out of date in decades, not years).

Really interesting take and I hadn’t considered that before. Content is powerful and necessary (and ever changing!), but it ALWAYS comes back to the numbers.

mel6:

All I really want is to end up with a high paying job

And this is a perfectly respectful position. From my experience, those with a background in things “applied” (e.g., applied math) do very well for themselves as the can be useful in many aspects of business. From this perspective, if I were going to school again and wanted to accomplish your goal, I would look at finance.