Business at Vandy

<p>I know Vanderbilt does not have an undergrad business program. This concerns me; if i want to have a job in business is this the wrong school for me or is it still great if i wanna do that. can someone plz help me out, just be as honest as possible. i see schools like michigan that have strong business programs. they have majors in chain supply, marketing, finance, accounting, management u name it. vandy does not have this. wouldn't that hurt job availability afterwards. (I come from a big city so i would like to work in a big city not just a local business)</p>

<p>Most schools do not have a “business” program/degree. Tons of Vandy students go into business, consulting, finance, etc. Most choose Economics or Human and Organizational Development as their major. Vanderbilt has a Managerial department where many Vandy students pick up in a minor in Corporate Strategy, Financial Economics, or Leadership and Organization.</p>

<p>Most schools do have undergrad business schools. pretty much every school ive been at. they have heavy courselods in marketing, finance, accounting, etc. (Michigan, UVA, Emory, WUSTL, Wisconsin, UPenn, the list goes on). can someone speak to this at vandy</p>

<p>Pankcaked is correct. Most elite colleges do not have undergraduate business. Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Yale, etc. do not have it.</p>

<p>Lots of Vanderbilt students have successful careers in business. Most major in Economics and minor in Managerial Studies (which has the finance and accounting courses) you are looking for. </p>

<p><a href=“http://as.vanderbilt.edu/managerialstudies/”>http://as.vanderbilt.edu/managerialstudies/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Engineering grads often pick up a few business concentration courses. A great package for med school (bioengineering) btw law school or for business. depose an engineer anyone? very difficult if you are not conversant in his field and have difficulty grasping his position statements. Don’t underestimate fluency in a foreign language either in business job searches. Nothing wrong with undergrad business courses in schools with programs in business as degrees. Duke son is now taking business courses at night for an evening MBA. His lack of any business undergrad courses did not prevent him from a modest merit discount offer on MBA tuition. One of his first jobs in business had many Ga Tech undergrads as peers. Industrial engineers seemed very ready for the workplace he was in for a while. Widen your views of preparing for business careers…throw out your options and choose from which doors open up in April. Vandy is a difficult admit no matter how you look at it these days.</p>

<p>John Arnold, who at one time was the youngest billionaire in the country majored in Economics at Vanderbilt.
<a href=“John D. Arnold - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Arnold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also, the founders of Bain (Bill Bain) and Boston Consulting Group (Bruce Henderson) are Vanderbilt grads. </p>

<p>Hi, I am a current Vanderbilt student who will be headed in the business field. Vandy definitely puts you in place to do whatever you want in the future. There is the managerial studies program that are comprised of business minors, and there are multiple student organizations that connect you with big corporations (e.g. Bain, Deloitte, Citigroup, JP, etc.) In the last four weeks, I have received 3 job offers. Vandy is the best decision I could have made. However, if you go here, you cannot expect things to come to you. The resources are in place here, but you have to take advantage of them. </p>

<p>Many engineering majors go into “business” roles after graduation, including myself. From my experience most companies would rather hire an engineer from an elite (or well known) school than a business major from a large public university. </p>