Accounting or Finance?

<p>Alright, so I have searched an ample number of threads on this sight amongst many other resources about an accounting major vs a finance major. I go to a non-target school in Florida and I do not necessarily work in NY. I just want a lot of opportunities open to me.</p>

<p>I keep seeing how accounting is extremely useful and would be better than finance because finance is picked up in accounting anyway, but on the other hand it's more rigorous. I'm not saying I couldn't handle it, but my concern is the GPA. At my school, the accounting major is very respected (hence the rigor) and the finance major is so-so. I cannot double major. Also, this is not taking graduate degrees into account.</p>

<p>How useful is accounting over finance from a non-target? Would it be wiser to go for an accounting major with a slightly lower GPA or a finance major? This is for any and all great jobs on and off of Wall Street.</p>

<p>There's a common answer of "If you like finance, major in it." I understand this concept, but in complete and utter truth, what do you really think? From your experience, would an accounting major at all be better than a finance major? Obviously there's overlap, but differences between the two make it questionable as to which on average would have a better quality of life.</p>

<p>Most importantly - Is it really true that an accounting major can do a finance job but not vis-versa?</p>

<p>Well, there's my question. Thanks</p>