<p>I can just as easily find 50 CEO's with ug business degrees. Proves nothing much either way except that ceo's come from all backgrounds--like as many went to Wisconsin undergrad as Harvard--tied for first in ceo's.</p>
<p>ryan, I am not arguing against an undergraduate business degree. </p>
<p>slipper, I am not arguing against an MBA. </p>
<p>If all you have is an undergraduate degree in business, you may very find that you have to get an MBA. That doesn't mean your original plan was to do both. But I suppose that's a tough concept to follow when you're young.</p>
<p>If somebody wants to spend 5 or 6 years studying business, they have my blessing. But your four years as an undergrad are the one time in your life when you get to explore. You didn't get to explore in high school. Your course selections were limited. The menu is much bigger in college and some of the most successful people were the ones who followed their hearts and didn't worry about "accepted logic." </p>
<p>Two years ago when my S was a senior at Stanford, econ undergrads were getting hired left and right. Three years before that, CS degrees were the hot ticket; companies were scooping up CS majors faster than the schools could pump them out and kids were dropping out of Stanford to start dot coms. And then the bubble burst. "Accepted logic" will only take you so far. "Accepted logic" is following the herd. CEO's are leaders. You can't always tell where things are going to lead when you are 18 and looking forward. It's only years later when you look back that you can see how calligraphy led to the design of the first Macintosh computer.</p>