<p>After Mich grads completes their BBAs, what are potential career paths they can take?</p>
<p>Do they ever return to college studies for an MBA?</p>
<p>I keep seeing the debate of "engineering degree & work experience coupled with an MBA" vs BBA. I was hoping anyone who is educated in this matter could give an objective analysis with pros and cons. </p>
<p>I'm going to be an LSA freshmen next year, who has plans to apply to Ross, so I'm hoping this thread could be informative for people interested in this field.</p>
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Do they ever return to college studies for an MBA?
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Yes, many will. The BBA and MBA don't have a lot of overlap. Keep in mind, BBAs only take about half their courses at Ross.</p>
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I keep seeing the debate of "engineering degree & work experience coupled with an MBA" vs BBA. I was hoping anyone who is educated in this matter could give an objective analysis with pros and cons.
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<p>I think it comes down to what you want to study in college and what you want to do after you graduate. Keep in mind that getting a BBA will not hurt your chances of getting in to a top MBA program, should you choose to apply to one. A big factor in admission is work experience -- in which case, the BBA might actually help.</p>
<p>Engineering + MBA or Ross BBA are both pretty good paths to take. For me, I kind of feel that engineering is the way to go - I'm good at all of this technical stuff. An electrical engineering degree from a school like Michigan is pretty marketable in the financial sector, obviously in industry. I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do yet, so I kind of like that. If I decide to pursue the financial sector, at least I will have something to fall back to that pays well. And if I work for one of the big companies, will I really be able to handle 100 hours a week crunching numbers on a computer? If I don't, I could just go to work as an engineer.</p>
<p>Anyways, no matter what, you are probably going to need an MBA no matter what. Most companies you will only move to a certain level without one. My mom finished hers and two months later got a promotion at Chrysler - and a car for me to drive.</p>
<p>The top major at the top 20 MBA programs is business, closely followed by economics and engineering. However, I expect that more business and economics majors are interested in eventually getting their MBA... thus, engineering is probably the most attractive major to MBA programs.</p>
<p>As dsmo notes, both are good paths. I would go with the one that suits you best.</p>
<p>The adult advice I've heard from those in the business world is interesting. The liberal arts majors say take more business, the business and engineering majors say they wish they would have taken more liberals arts. Of course, my advice is from a very small number of people and, thus, may not reflect what most people think... however, the idea of taking courses outside your comfort zone had a common sense ring to me. This is especially true if you're an intellectually curious person.</p>
<p>After Mich grads completes their BBAs, what are potential career paths they can take?</p>
<p>Many Many things, I have friends that just graduated that are going to law school, public policy school, Teach for America, Credit Suisse, the list goes on. I see the only significance the BBA program has is great job placement. I've been told by non BBA's in my business fraternity that once say, an English major hunts down a recruiter and gets an interview, you have just as good of a chance as a BBA to get the job, just because you were different. </p>
<p>Do they ever return to college studies for an MBA?</p>
<p>Most people do get an MBA is needed, but they don't come back to Umich because the BBA and MBA curriculum are similar.</p>
<p>I keep seeing the debate of "engineering degree & work experience coupled with an MBA" vs BBA. I was hoping anyone who is educated in this matter could give an objective analysis with pros and cons.</p>
<p>I remember thinking the same thing when I applied. Know that I'm actually at Michigan, I realize you have to do what you love. If it's engineering, do it. If it's BBA, fine..or any other major. If you have the drive and personality, anyone can make it into a business career.</p>
<p>If I’m currently in LSA, is there any sort of minor that I would be able to get through Ross? If not (I’m assuming there isn’t anything like that), what would be my best choice as a major that will allow me to eventually pursue my MBA. I’m most likely going to pursue neuroscience and I am now looking into double majoring. I’ve heard organizational studies/econ are the best for business related ambitions. Also, can anyone offer info on a dual degree from Ross/LSA?</p>
<p>Well, when someone can’t handle engineering what is a common landing place? Business. </p>
<p>I’d go engineering if you can do it and then an MBA later. Makes you a more attractive applicant and gives you more flexibility. At least, that’s what I’ve come to believe</p>
<p>As an old BBA grad without an MBA I think you can you have many career paths with a BBA. I’ve seen sales, marketing, accounting, finance, and several entrepreneurs. Many BBA’s start in Accounting of Finance and move from there. Tougher for a BBA to get into some large companies looking for MBA’s for Product Management, Advertising and some other roles. Here were some of my classmates (again from a long time ago)</p>
<p>Fritz Henderson ex GM CEO was a BBA who then got an MBA at Harvard. He started in Public Accounting.</p>
<p>George Foussianes who is the Global Head Consumer Retail Investment Banking Coverage at J.P. Morgan Securities got a BBA then I think a MBA Northwestern.</p>
<p>Marty Wolf is President/Founder, martinwolf | M&A Advisors who only has a BBA</p>
<p>It depends on what you would like to do as to which path to pursue, you can always get an MBA later. Engineering/MBA is a nice path but far from the only one.</p>