Engineering + Business Dual Degree?

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<p>If you have engineering interests, go for the undergrad engineering degree and take some finance/econ electives. Employers will either hire you for entry jobs because you have an engineering degree (technical skills) or a business degree (business skills). Rarely is there a starting pay premium for someone with a dual degree. </p>

<p>You can always get an MBA later to indulge your business interests (your employer may even pay for it)…it’s harder to go back later for an engineering degree if you just do undergrad business.</p>

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<p>“Majoring in Finance, but if I could go back in time and restart college I think that I would dual major in finance and computer science. I know nearly nothing about computer programming, but it is definitely interesting to me. With a background like this, you would have access to the world of quantitative finance, just something to keep in mind.”</p>

<p>You don’t need a finance major to get into quant finance. All you need is the engineering/CS major. I am going to start in a quant position at a top fund with just an engineering degree next year, and I dont see how a finance major would help me at all.</p>

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<p>I understand bearcats, that’s what I am saying. If I could go back then I would definitely get the engineering or CS, because that’s what you need to get into quant. Using yourself as an example, you can probably easily get into the quant field with CS and w/o finance, but it likely doesn’t work the opposite way (at least from everything that I have read).</p>

<p>With that said, I still think finance would be helpful for someone, especially if they wanted to thoroughly understand why they are programming what they are.</p>

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<p>You don’t need a business degree for that, though. Get the engineering degree and just take a couple finance classes at Ross.</p>

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<p>If I want to go into M&A, would the dual degree be pointless?</p>

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<p>Bearcats, you are an IOE major right? Did you take a lot of programming classes in addition to that (like 281)? Do you think it is necessary or useful?</p>