<p>From an average school. You'll end up homeless. Heed my words.</p>
<p>People do that?</p>
<p><—This guy does apparently.</p>
<p>In any of the liberal arts fields – history, economics, English, etc. – it’s not the degree that makes your employment possibilities. Ambition, dedication, organization, and other employable skills are far more important.</p>
<p>maybe you are aiming too high
did you attend your school’s career fair and try to go through other on-campus recruiting methods? seek internships,go to grad school, or whatever you have to do</p>
<p>Don’t do it unless you’re prepared to spend another 3 years going to law school, 4 years going to med school, or 5+ years getting a PhD.</p>
<p>^ why so? just curious</p>
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<p>^— true…</p>
<p>Econ degrees are actually among the more easily employable degrees among the liberal arts. However, for either “average school” (OP) or “average student,” the odds on everything go down.</p>
<p>Find something that you can excel at.</p>
<p>Ha! I’m a BA in Econ from a top-20 school and I agree with this. You can’t get 99% of business jobs because you don’t have a business degree, and most entry-level economist positions require a MS or PhD. It sucks.</p>
<p>Shrug. The government and non-profit world can use junior econ people. And, yes, to maximize the degree if you want to work in economics you want a PhD…an MBA is alternative depending on your interests. As is a law degree.</p>
<p>But a BA in Econ is a good pathway to any of the three and is generally more employable than a BA in Sociology. </p>
<p>A BA in anything isn’t likely to land you a great opening job in business per se unless it’s in Business from Wharton or Haas.</p>
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but most of the top schools dont even have a ug business degree
and cant econ grads do pretty much anything in business (and any other field too for that matter)</p>
<p>This is true…although if you are going to a state school with UG Business do tha as the recruiting for jobs is better than a econ degree at same school.</p>
<p>Besides at a top 20 school, econ is respected degree…business is an easy major with little math.</p>
<p>This is nonsensical. I don’t know what you did wrong, but this is horrible advice.</p>
<p>need more input</p>
<p>From my experience (I’m was an Econ major in undergrad myself), the department tends to be less career-oriented compared to other departments such as Finance or Accounting. This is only amplified by the fact that in some universities, Econ is part of Liberal Arts, and not part of the Business School, which excludes most econ students from accessing valuable interview opportunities.</p>
<p>Even though the professors were great, and the materials were very brain-stimulating at times, at the end of the day, career matters. So unless if you are willing to put in extra years to go all the way to a PhD, I’d recommend something like Finance. You still get a fair bit of theories (like in a lot of Econ classes), but you also learn quantitative things that are useful in the real world.</p>
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<p>Most schools’ on campus recruiting (OCR) jobs are open to all students. At undergrad Wharton, all the jobs posted there are open to all students at Penn. I know many BA econ majors at CAS have been recruited for top banking jobs.</p>
<p>I disagree, although it may be hard to get a job with an econ degree i think it is important to show that you are motivated and that you have some experience. I know plenty of econ students who have gotten great offers… i think the key is to get experience as early as possible for example, intern for an accounting firm for a bit…</p>
<p>what about a master of finance from an average school? same result?</p>