<p>@ jlsperling:</p>
<p>I graduated long, long ago. At the time, the PA program was a relatively new development. Most people who graduated from four-year colleges earned degrees in English, History, Languages, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry. Business Administration as a major seemed to be becoming more common. “Studies” degrees were rare. Computer Science degrees were rare. Law and Medicine had about equal prestige. Engineering was, in some circles, looked down upon but that was changing rapidly. The “yuppie” existed by then but the term had not yet been invented. </p>
<p>It was probably the time of the tipping point between the old era when any BA/BS practically guaranteed a living wage and a new era in which college degrees would be considered standard equipment and no guarantee of anything. It was probably the time when what one majored in really began to be important. I sensed it then, and I am sure some others did too, but nobody was talking about it.</p>
<p>The actual practice of health care is still largely out of reach of those making the financial decisions. For now. </p>
<p>FWIW, the accountants themselves don’t seem to make business decisions, they simply report the facts to those who do.</p>
<p>Students who are interested in a survey of career prospects can now do some of the leg work themselves. By typing “biology” on a job-search site, I saw 200 “hits” nationwide. Typing “business” yielded 1000+. You be the judge.</p>