<p>The undergraduate business degree is the most common degree in the country and is not particularly valuable unless you are coming from an elite business program. To my knowledge, Tulane’s program is not elite. They are not in the top 10 undergraduate business schools ([Best</a> Undergraduate Business Programs | Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-overall/spp+50]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-overall/spp+50)), and their graduate business school was recently caught lying to US News ([Tulane</a> Freeman School of Business Misreported Some Admissions Data - Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings (usnews.com)](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2012/12/20/tulane-freeman-school-of-business-misreported-some-admissions-data]Tulane”>http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2012/12/20/tulane-freeman-school-of-business-misreported-some-admissions-data)). I don’t know where you got that their finance program was 4th in the nation, as I don’t seem them in the top 10 there either ([Best</a> Finance Programs | Top Business Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/finance-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/finance-rankings)).</p>
<p>Now let’s talk about Vanderbilt. If you want to go into finance, the economics major and the financial economics minor are probably the way to go. Vanderbilt is considered a semi-target for banking, meaning some banks send recruiters to Vanderbilt and some do not (Tulane is not a target). Banks that have recruited at Vanderbilt recently include BAML, Goldman, and UBS, among others (<a href=“http://www.vanderbilt.edu/career/media/pdf/Post-Grad-Report-2012_FINAL.pdf[/url]”>About Us | Career Center | Vanderbilt University). I think that there is no question that Vanderbilt will put you in a better position to enter finance than Tulane will. HOD is much broader than econ, and I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re trying to do finance. Most HOD majors end up doing something like marketing, consulting, or HR. While economics is a relatively difficult major, you can still achieve a 3.5 to 3.6 by putting in a normal amount of work. HOD is notoriously easy.</p>