<p>Hey everyone,
Currently, I am an undergrad student at Ohio University - Athens. I was previously in electrical engineering, but decided against that recently and am looking for some advice on what to major in. I love math and science is a close second. Eventually, I want to land a job in the finance industry and hopefully get my CFA. I have heard from people that just finance or accounting is good enough for the CFA, and from others ive heard that you should major in econ/math/stats in order to gain the analytical skills you dont learn in finance/accounting. What I am not sure about is whether I can even handle the math in stats or math... which one is easier of the two? Which, of all of these majors, is the best to prepare me for CFA / a career in finance? </p>
<p>Thanks for any advice!
Alex</p>
<p>Also, the accounting degree is by far the strongest of any of these majors at my school. The second would be finance, then econ, and finally math/stats… </p>
<p>Do employeer care if the math/stats dept isnt the strongest?</p>
<p>Hands down the best degree for CFA/finance career is a degree in Finance. Make sure you get some accounting course work in though because i hear that the accounting part of the CFA is not easy. That being said, I know it is possible to learn it all from the exam prep, since the CFA is designed as a self study process.</p>
<p>Your best bet for Finance/CFA would be Fin/Acct double major. It will give you more flexibility and a wider range of career options. I personally can’t stand accounting so I’m only doing Finance and am planning on getting my CFA/MBA down the road. I wouldn’t bother with econ/math/stats. Those are for people who don’t have undergrad business degrees available at their schools but want to go inot Finance/Business.</p>