<p>So, how is the pay if you major in marketing? What kind of jobs can you get?</p>
<p>You can be hired into many different fields. Direct Marketing, Advertising, CRM, etc.</p>
<p>Pay would probably range from $35,000-60,000 starting, with $40,000 being common place. After that, salaries will depend upon the field and company.</p>
<p>Marketing is one of the lower paying business functions. You'll find that most internships are unpaid and, while there are some great and well-paying jobs out there, that it takes a lot to move up and into a comfortable position. A lot of jobs--no matter how not-sales-related--require sales experience, so that may be where you'll end up starting. Sales can be rather lucrative, however.</p>
<p>I also have not heard of any marketing jobs that start at $60k.</p>
<p>I heard Marketing is one of the better paying business areas.. Now I'm terribly confused.</p>
<p>Which business area (that you graduate undergraduate school from) would be most likely the most rewarding?</p>
<p>Generally, Finance jobs have the greatest potential, but the good ones are hard to get. Accounting would be second.</p>
<p>So how about Business major except not too focused on math?</p>
<p>A few things:</p>
<p>If you were originally looking into marketing because you thought that it wasn't very math focussed, I'd like to correct you: marketing involves a lot of math--market forecasting, product costing, intepreting market research, and so on. You don't need to be great with math, but you need to be very comfortable with numbers have have a good understanding of Stats and Economic Modeling.</p>
<p>As for a well-paying business major that isn't too focused on math...I don't think there's an answer to that. To really be successful in business, it is really important to be comfortable with numbers. Operations managers need to understand cost data and HR consultants need to do a cost-benefit analysis when making recomendation. There's no escaping numbers.</p>
<p>To directly answer your question:</p>
<p>There's no reason you can't be well-rewarded financially no matter what you choose to major/concentrate in if you good. You could concentrate on the general management side of things and move your way up. If you're looking for well-paying job right after undergrad, however, I think you're really stuck with finance, accounting, and IS/CS.</p>
<p>ryanbis: finance will give you nightmares. its also very risky. but if you are willing to take the risk, the reward can be great. I've heard people telling me that they fight for their job everyday.</p>
<p>pimpthatthang: Do you mind elaborating? I don't really understand your post. Why does finance give people nightmares? And why are they fighting for their job everyday?</p>
<p>because in i banking you have to perform. if you don't, you don't make money(you lose money) and you get fired.</p>
<p>Two things:</p>
<p>The poster asked for the most rewarding functions--it should go without saying that you do need to put in extra work to earn that reward. I-banking, consluting and public accounting all pay well because they work you very hard.</p>
<p>There are also many other jobs you can take that aren't as cut-throat within the finance sector such as consulting. There's much more to finance than just I-Banking (although no one would think that by reading this board).</p>
<p>BTW, why do you say I-bankers lose money when they don't perform well?</p>