<p>I am a CCC (california community college) transfer student and really want to major in economics, it's something I am passionate about. But it seems that most schools econ depts take a backseat behind their respective business programs. Is it like this everywhere, so should i just major in business instead?</p>
<p>I would like to go to USC, but econ dept seems to be poorly regarded. Can USC econ students tap into that USC network that everyone talks about, cause getting a top paying job after college is very important to me.</p>
<p>What schools are out there with good undergrad econ programs that get kids respectable jobs after college? I am thinking Northwestern (really like the atmosphere/campus), UCLA (i like the idea of combining Biz and Econ-but average accepted GPA to UCLA Biz-Econ was 3.94 last year, kinda intimidating but I am very motivated), NYU-How do they treat CAS Econ there vs. Stern Econ? UC Berkeley is obviously is top tier, but very competitive. UCSD is good but not really what I am looking for. How about Boston College? Fordham etc.? Not to familiar with east coast myself.</p>
<p>Any suggestions for schools that meet this criteria. Keep in mind I am a transfer student so IVY is most likely out reach.
I would actually like to get out of CA if I could and might prefer to work outside of CA. </p>
<p>I am open to literally applying anywhere. I realize I have a ton of questions, any answer is appreciated.</p>
<p>UCs and CSUs are probably the most transfer friendly to California community college students. Use [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) to match up your course work to major requirements.</p>
<p>If you like math and are good at it, you may want to take math through the sophomore level courses for math majors (multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations). Doing economics with more math may help if you want to go to graduate school in economics, or work in quantitative areas of finance or actuarial work.</p>
<p>You can check career surveys from some universities:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html</a></p>
<p>What can your family afford? NYU for example will cost >$55K/year.</p>
<p>My family would be able to pay the hefty price tag of NYU, especially since its only two years. The reason I am considering NYU despite it’s price? Just think of all the great internships available in NYC and the connections you could make there. Ultimately if I could get into Northwestern, that would be my top choice. But only 10% of NU’s transfers came from CC’s. And most likely very little of that 10% was to their business type majors. </p>
<p>Anyone else out there that could help me out?</p>
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