I was wondering if getting an MBA after getting my bachelor’s in aerospace engineering would be a smart idea. I heard that a lot of engineers do this. Business rules the world, no matter what major you are, and having an MBA could be a huge start to having a higher salary with jobs in the future. My brother-in-law told me that I should get an MBA after I get my bachelor’s instead of getting a master’s in aerospace engineering. What do you guys think?
It depends upon your career goals. A couple of things to keep in mind…(1) MBA from a top school tends to be the norm to get into some industries (e.g. finance, management consulting). (2) Top MBA programs in the US look for applicants with at least 2-3 years of experience.
It depends on if you want to be an aerospace engineer or a businessman.
The good MBA programs will expect an absolute bare minimum of two years of increasingly responsible professional work after you finish your BS. Five years would be even better. This means that once you do graduate from college, you go to work. While you are working, you will be able to look around and see what you think about further education. You might find that for your goals, an MBA is necessary. You might find that it isn’t. So don’t worry over much about this just yet.
If you are intrigued by business right now, and you have time in your schedule, go ahead and take a class or two.
“I heard that a lot of engineers do this.”
most engineers don’t go on to get an MBA although it is not unheard of. More commonly it is someone who wants to go into engineering mgmt and goes to nite school for a few years to get an MBA as a way of indicating they are serious about it.
" Business rules the world, no matter what major you are, and having an MBA could be a huge start to having a higher salary with jobs in the future. "
Seems like a misconception here about MBA degrees. As already pointed out, top programs, the ones that give that “huge start”, don’t take undergrads right out of college. They essentially are placing bets on kids that have already shown they are winners by having strong jobs out of undergrad.
“My brother-in-law told me that I should get an MBA after I get my bachelor’s instead of getting a master’s in aerospace engineering.”
Brother-in-law does not seem to understand how admission to good MBA programs works. You can go right on after undergrad to a MS in engineering. You can’t for a good MBA. Given he doesn’t know this, you’d have to at least reflect on whether his other advice is based on anything other than rumor and guesses.
Another thing to consider is that depending on where you work, they may be willing to pay for one and/or the other. The “richest” person I ever knew in college was getting his MS. The DOE was paying for his schooling and his salary. If you stay in aerospace, you may do an MS early in your career and an MBA mid career when/if you move into management. See where your career takes you.
Some employers will pay all or a part of your tuition for a part time MBA program.
I think the employer -funded MBA program is pretty common- my brother (MechE major) did that, and even when he changed jobs in the middle of his MBA program, the new employer picked up the tuition.
Or perhaps parth8’s brother has heard of people such as Adam Flake or Christopher Wilson-Byrnes. Those guys clearly didn’t get the memo stating that you can’t get into a decent MBA program right after undergrad.
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