UT vs Berkeley economics

LookItsPriya
Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:51:37 +0000

Economics is my passion and I would love to pursue a career in it. At Berkeley, and I was wondering if after 4 years, I would be able to find a decent job with a ba in economics.

HOWEVER,
at UT, the price is half the cost of Berkeley (25K vs 50K per year), but the economics program is not as distinguished.

I don’t know, but to me (even as much as I love economics), the major seems unpractical in the real world. I don’t want to invest in an extremely good (and extremely expensive) education if it’s not going to pay off. At UT, even if I find it difficult to find a job, I could always get an MBA, with some of the money i didn’t use for Berkeley.

So should I take the risk with Berkeley for 4 years or play it safe with UT and then get an MBA at another school (even though this will take longer)?

OR should I go to Berkeley, work for a little bit, and then get my MBA?