mccomb's accounting worth it?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>I'm looking into majoring in accounting or finance. I was accepted into the mccombs school of business at the University of Texas and I guess their accounting program is quite exceptional. Will I really benefit ten years from now if I go to the accounting program there or will it provide few differences compared to other b school accounting programs? I want to be as competitive as I can in today's crazy economy.</p>

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<p>It’s by far the best. Don’t see how you can go wrong. Congrats!</p>

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<p>I was actually leaning toward finance before I decided to go to McCombs, but now I’m definitely interested in accounting. I know a finance major who said accounting opens all the doors finance does, plus a bit more. It also allows you to sit for the CPA exam, which is one of the best things you can have to ensure you’ll get job offers. A lot of CEOs, CFOs and VPs have accounting degrees, and for an accounting degree McCombs is the best.</p>

<p>Also, you earn a masters and I heard it’s a good base for law school if you’re into that because it teaches problem solving and really isn’t as boring as the reputation seems.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’ve heard great things about the five year masters program. I think they had a 99% placement rate last year with a job to student ratio of 5 to 1. I found it interesting though that according to their salary statistics, there is little change in the average salaries between an accounting major and an MPA. Why would that be?</p>

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<p>Dude, UT-Austin is tops in Accounting. Of course it’s worth it.</p>

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<p>if you want to do accounting, you should absolutely go to McCombs. A LOT of students at that school get into Big 4 accounting.</p>

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<p>If I got my masters and undergrad in accounting at mccombs in five years, would an MBA be necessary later on?</p>

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<p>It depends what you want to do. If you want to stay at a Big 4, or move to another accounting firm, do accounting at fortune 1000, etc then you probably don’t need an MBA. If you decide that you want to switch careers, perhaps into finance or something then you may need an MBA.</p>