At this point, is undergrad B-School worthless?

[annasdad]

<p>[8</a> Reasons Not to Get a Business Degree - CBS MoneyWatch.com](<a href=“MoneyWatch: Financial news, world finance and market news, your money, product recalls updated daily - CBS News”>MoneyWatch: Financial news, world finance and market news, your money, product recalls updated daily - CBS News)</p>

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1. Business majors don’t learn much in business school. … Among the students who learn the least in college are social work, education and business majors. In contrast, the researchers found that students majoring in the humanities, social sciences, hard sciences and math do relatively well.</p>

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<li>You won’t make as much money as you think. … When PayScale looked at starting and mid-career salaries of college graduates in dozens of college majors, business came in as the 56th best-paying college degree. It fared worse than such “impractical” college degrees as philosophy, history and American studies.</li>
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6. You don’t need a business degree to work in business.</p>

<p>You’re kidding yourself if you think a business degree gives you the skills to work in the corporate world.</p>

<p>A employer survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers indicates that workplaces most value these three skills that you are usually more likely to find with a liberal arts eduction:</p>

<p>Communication skills.
Analytic skills.
Teamwork skills.</p>

<p>What’s more, a survey by the Association of American Colleges and Universities found that 89% of surveyed employees said they want college students to pursue a liberal arts education.</p>

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<li>You can make more money with an economics degree. … Economics is one of the liberal arts so you are more likely to learn how to write and think in college, which is what employers covet in their workers.</li>
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<p>And it goes on.</p>

<p>And it exactly tracks what I’ve concluded after 35 years in business (and two business degrees).</p>