<p>I've been trying to figure this out for a long time now, but I think I'm going to apply to the CAS at UPenn. </p>
<p>At most schools, econ majors usually have the same opportunities as those graduating from undergraduate business schools in terms of jobs at investment banks and firms like UBS, Deutsche Bank, etc. Since UPenn CAS has to compete with students from Wharton, do econ majors at the College get the same post-graduate opportunities in fields like economics as Wharton grads do?</p>
<p>I am trying to figure this out as well and I also would like to know this answer.</p>
<p>I would however, recommend this route in terms of job opportunities:
engineering B.S. -> MBA/Business graduate school</p>
<p>Feel free to refute me (since I am thinking of job opportunities available too).</p>
<p>It should be about what kind of education you want. The College and Wharton are very different. One is a liberal arts degree - and that means liberal arts courses, like theoretical economics; the other is a practical degree, and that means classes that will be directly relevant to the jobs you are seeking.</p>
<p>If you want, check out career placement stats for the [url=<a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/2007cpsurvey.pdf%5DCollege%5B/url">http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/2007cpsurvey.pdf]College[/url</a>] (page 4 for industry placement and page 17 for Econ majors) and [url=<a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/wharton/surveys/Wharton2007Report.pdf%5DWharton%5B/url">http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/wharton/surveys/Wharton2007Report.pdf]Wharton[/url</a>] (page 1 for industry breakdown).</p>
<p>But recognize the importance of liking what you're studying. If you look at the stats for [url=<a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/seas/survey2007.pdf%5DSEAS%5B/url">http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/seas/survey2007.pdf]SEAS[/url</a>] you'll see that 36% of the class of 2007 went into financial services, with Goldman as the most common employer. You can get the job you want from any of the three schools (I don't know about nursing...), so focus on what you'll enjoy and what you'll do well in.</p>
<p>From what I've seen, graduate business schools seem to be not as much of a necessity now as it was in earlier years. Recent NY times articles Bye</a>, Bye B-School and The</a> MBA Under Attack seem to correlate my theory. That's why I was debating an undergraduate education in business. I've heard, however, that Wharton's very limiting for many students and doesn't really allow them to branch out into other pursuits in the CAS [despite what UPenn says]. Unfortunately, I'm also not interested in engineering so your proposed route doesn't really work for me.</p>
<p>added:Thanks to theoneo...the stats you provided on employment afterwards are valuable in this sort of decision. I think I've decided that I like the CAS better than Wharton, so that's where I'll be applying, without fear of where I'll end up afterwards.</p>
<p>SAS and SEAS kids scoop up the same business jobs as Wharton. The Whartonite would say "but a-ha! look at the smaller percentage of SAS/SEAS kids getting Wall Street jobs compared to Wharton!"</p>
<p>This of course fails to consider that a much smaller percentage of SAS/SEAS kids WANT these wall street jobs.</p>
<p>I imagine that the Wharton kids are better-prepared once they get there and can move up the ladder more quickly while SAS/SEAS grads are still 'learning the ropes' and getting up to speed. But the jobs are available for anyone fortunate enough with an email address ending in upenn.edu ;)</p>