Business Management or Accounting?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Potential Career Aspirations: Financial Analyst, Stockbroker, Any Finance Related Career Investment Banker, Lawyer, Sports Agent </p>

<p>I'm currently majoring in Business Management with a Minor in Economics. I attend Penn State University's Smeal College of Business. </p>

<p>I definitely plan on going to Grad School to get a MBA or to Law School.</p>

<p>Obviously I wont become an Investment Banker, A Sports Agent or a Lawyer right after College, so i want to be able to get a stable finance related job after graduation for a few years before i go into Grad School.</p>

<p>My problem is I dont feel a Management degree will have the same career opportunities as Accounting and Finance. Please note I DONT WANT TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT.</p>

<p>My questions are:</p>

<p>Do you feel an Accounting degree limits me to just being an accountant. If no, what are some other careers i can go into with an accounting degree?</p>

<p>Is Business Management a waste of a degree at Penn State's Smeal College of Business?</p>

<p>What possible careers are out there for those graduating with a Business Mangement degree?</p>

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<p>Ask yourself…what do you plan on managing straight out of college with no experience? Target? Maybe Whole Foods produce?</p>

<p>An accounting degree doesn’t ALWAYS limit you to being an accountant but, shockingly, most businesses would want you for your accounting knowledge.</p>

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<p>“I DONT WANT TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT”</p>

<p>I liked how you emphasized it. lol</p>

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<p>lol @ Toshtemirov. I would like to hear your input on this too.</p>

<p>@workingatbig4</p>

<p>So do you feel an accounting degree would still be of great value even if i dont want to become an accountant?</p>

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<p>I think it would give you a better understand of the business operations you would be “managing” However, remember that it’s going to be more difficult curriculum… </p>

<p>Right now in upper division accounting classes I am studying/doing homework WAYYYY more than I ever thought I would. This is while my management major roommate is seeming to have a much more laid back senior year class load.</p>

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<p>bump. please still looking for honest input</p>

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<p>Study Finance. </p>

<p>“Potential Career Aspirations: Financial Analyst, Stockbroker, Any Finance Related Career Investment Banker, Lawyer, Sports Agent”</p>

<p>Finance people mainly come from top schools and finance programs. If you really don’t want to do accounting, don’t do accounting.</p>

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<p>You are not going to get into prestige obsessed business fields or top MBA schools with garbage work experience. You will get garbage work experience with a business administration/management undergraduate degree.</p>

<p>You need to go accounting/finance/econ.</p>

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<p>"You are not going to get into prestige obsessed business fields or top MBA schools with garbage work experience. You will get garbage work experience with a business administration/management undergraduate degree.</p>

<p>You need to go accounting/finance/econ. "</p>

<p>Yes, because those are the only three fields that provide worthwhile work experience.</p>

<p>/sarcasm off</p>

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<p>Given your career interests, Finance seems like a no-brainer.</p>