<p>I am currently a finance major and I am going to be able to graduate a year early. Is it worth it to stay another year and get another degree, in either management or marketing, or am I just wasting my time? In the long run will having two degrees be worth it?</p>
<p>Management no, marketing maybe. But better yet stop following your wallet and do something you like (unless you really like business majors than by all means go for it) but if you doing it for money get a foreign language under your belt. Chinese plus finance makes you an easy 100k when you help pull in Chinese investors to your company. </p>
<p>As a Senior at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign double majoring in Finance and General Management, I can certainly tell you that it heavily depends. What I can say is that an extra year at very least means an extra internship under your belt, which might mean you have a better starting salary and job placement starting off, which can clearly have a big impact long-term.
On the other hand, if you are considering management/marketing as simply a way to gain additional knowledge from coursework, my intuition would be to say no. From the many companies I’ve interviewed with and friends I’ve talked to, I can confidently say that the vast majority of employers are not distinguishing among students based on coursework. Unless you have a specific career path in mind where your employer specifically wants some certification or set of courses, you would be much better served getting a year of practical work experience (and clearly make a lot more $ instead of spending it for a year) than taking a year of courses. </p>