Best Engineering Major to go into a Businees career with

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<p>Hello,
I was looking for some advice on which engineering degree I should enter into. I am going to be a junior at Iowa State. I was in chemical engineering for freshman year but did not work hard enough and switched into the business program for my sophomore year. Now looking to start my junior year I realized to make the money I want to I should enter back into the engineering program. However, I still would rather be involved more in the business side of things rather than the R&D side. So I was wondering which degree would be translate well into the business world? I was also planning on minoring in either finance if possible or simply general business.
Thanks</p>

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>First, don’t put the effort into an engineering degree, unless you want to be an engineer (though folks with engineering degrees do go into nontraditional jobs). With that being said, your best option is Industrial Engineering, and Iowa state offers the major/program.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.imse.iastate.edu/”>http://www.imse.iastate.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>They also offer a concurrent degree in BS IE and MBA.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.imse.iastate.edu/undergraduate-program/degrees-and-programs/concurrent-bsms-degree/”>http://www.imse.iastate.edu/undergraduate-program/degrees-and-programs/concurrent-bsms-degree/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can complete both degree’s in 5 years (or longer), and you may have already met many of the business credit requirements. However, you really need to talk with an advisor at Iowa State to determine if it’s a good fit.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>@sbehling Fellow Cyclone here. I am an IE major and our program is good but it is challenging. I know quite a few people who changed majors in the last couple semesters for several reasons. </p>

<p>If I were you, I would take IE 148 with Leslie Potter just to see if IE is for you. She is a very nice lady but the class is incredibly challenging. Probably the best course to gauge if IE is for you without going too deep into the program.</p>

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<p>Disagree completely. 100%. Getting an engineering degree is a great way to get into a business that involves technology. I would get a degree closely related to the business you want to go in, or maybe industrial engineering, which isn’t quite that hard. </p>

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<p>I wouldn’t expend the effort on a concurrent MBA, though. Without work experience that will be worthless.</p>

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<p>Granted I’ve only met 5 business owners who have a degree in engineering , but they all came with either a mechanical or electrical engineering degree and several years of experience as an engineer (one had a degree in physics which I’m lumping in). That said I’ve met far more entrepreneurs who have MBA’s and an econ or finance related undergrad degree (at least 12 or so).</p>

<p>The most commom feature between both groups is that they founded businesses that make highly specialized products that nobody else is making and selling it to totherhe government and/or other businesses. </p>

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<p>I think Industrial Engineer fits this goal.</p>

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<p>Check out my thread I started earlier. </p>

<p>I think Industrial Engineering degree could land you in business field. </p>