<p>is it true that marketing majors make less money than other business majors? how do marketing position salaries compare to the salaries of investment bankers, etc.? do most business majors study finance because it yields the greatest income?</p>
<p>I'm not going into marketing, so I haven't done a whole lot of research, but from what I've been told by my classmates/career counselors, marketing internships tend to not be paid (as opposed to, say, an accounting internship, which may pay the same as a first-year entry level position) and full-time marketing jobs do pay less on the whole. Accounting and finance pay the best at the moment. I can't really speak for the other concentrations.</p>
<p>I wouldn't outright say that most business majors concentrate in finance because it yields the highest income, but it's a reason that so many do. It's also a very competitive field, and the higher paying positions are very hard to get.</p>
<p>You definitely won't make as much money right out if you are a marketing major. However, you also won't work the same ridiculous hours as I-bankers. Definitely just go with what interests you the most and don't worry about the money. You'll be much much happier in the end with a lower paying job that you love than a higher paying job that you hate or aren't really into.</p>
<p>hi whartonalum and everyone else who replied</p>
<p>thanks a lot for the advice. i'm really interested in marketing especially because it doesn't have impossible hours like other business fields. even though marketing jobs generally pay less, is it possible to get promoted/higher salaries quickly? i've read some threads that say i-bankers get 150,000 one year and then 300,000 the next. or are marketing salaries generally stagnant compared to other business jobs?</p>
<p>You have to pay your dues a lot longer in marketing, generall, and a lot of jobs prefer people with sales experience, so you'll end up doing some "low end" jobs for awhile.</p>