<p>I'm looking for suggestions. My daughter is looking for a college with an entertainment industry (management/marketing) degree. Although Full Sail University in Orlando seems to meet her needs, I have doubts about the school and am concerned about the credits not being transferable. Are there any well known schools with BS degrees in Entertainment management/marketing?</p>
<p>I have never heard of that type of degree nor that university to be honest. I’m just wondering if that “Entertainment Industry” degree is really the best way to go about obtaining a job in said industry. I’m just really not sure if that degree carries any real merit or weight. A lot of successful people in entertainment - any facet of entertainment - probably have a regular old MBA coupled with an undergraduate degree in whatever. </p>
<p>I’m sorry if I’m not being helpful. I’ve done a bit of research, and without knowing your child’s resume, I’ve found that Carnegie Mellon offers a Masters of Entertainment Industry Management. I also found out that Drexel University has a BS/MBA program related to that so you get a solid education foundation but can also specialize in entertainment later on. Those are two respectable schools (one is among the nation’s best in fact), but I just find it hard to see this degree, specifically as an undergraduate, really carrying any value. I see an MBA program, maybe even a specialized MBA program, as the better opportunity to break into the entertainment business. I mean, I’ve never even heard of Full Sail.</p>
<p>The links here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/960383-strong-business-school-music-industry-minor.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/960383-strong-business-school-music-industry-minor.html</a> will bring you through a couple of threads, albeit mostly music business/music industry. Look for the links to the AES and MEIEA sites, and be sure to read the post started by Dmitra. The MEISA site may be your best bet, but cross reference them both.</p>
<p>Entertainment industry, probably much like music industry pursuits may well be a fairly nebulous category, and defined differently by different schools, and I would imagine specific degree concentrations within that broad spectrum. </p>
<p>Beware of Full Sail, Musicians Institute, and other for profit institutions. These are not the typical not for profit “college” discussed on CC. These programs can work for some, but they are not the typical college experience, and I would urge anyone looking to do extreme due diligence.</p>
<p>Added: Much of what you seek may lie within an established music management, music business or arts administration curriculum.</p>
<p>Correction: MEIEA, not MEISA as I originally typed. (MEISA is the student organization, not the professional association)</p>
<p>The best way to work in the entertainment industry is to attend the best school you can get into in a major city. Being close to a large city will allow your daughter to intern while in school, and during the summer. Any industry like the entertainment industry doesn’t just hand jobs to people just because they have a degree that reads"entertainment management". Most people, including college educated individuals, have to work from the bottom. Work experience, I believe is more relevant and important than the specific major. Being so major specific, and consequently sacrificing the overall connections/benefits of a “big name” school, is in my opinion detrimental. What will happen if your daughter changes her mind while at a school that offers her very specific major? I’d focus on more “open” or “traditional” majors, like econ/business/marketing/management/communications. if a school has “music industry” minor, great!, but don’t let your daughter get caught up on the “specific major to career” mentality.</p>
<p>Just get a degree from USC, that will take care of things.</p>
<p>Thank you all. I agree and appreciate the suggestions. The MEIEA link [MEIEA</a> MEMBER INSTITUTIONS](<a href=“http://www.meiea.org/schools.html]MEIEA”>http://www.meiea.org/schools.html) is very helpfull.</p>