<p>try getting an econ degree since it is very fluid and u can go to grad school and get an mba or masters. The knowledge u learn from an economic major will pay dividends in the accounting or finance field. dont listen to these jokers, they are just trying to recruit more to the accounting profession, follow what you are interested in, trust me, take this from an accounting vet. major in econ , it will pay off greatly</p>
<p>Liore,come on man. Please go to your other thread entitled: “Still certain accounting is recession proof” and read where someone pointed out how not 5 days ago you were saying Medicine is a field in trouble and ACCOUNTING was the way to go. You then turned around and said Accounting was a bad field. I don’t think your a vet of anything, honestly the way you write (ie “u”), you kind of sound like a kid. </p>
<p>Econ is often only beneficial in top tier schools. Why? These schools often do not have business programs and thus people major in Econ. It’s why people see awesome starting salaries for econ majors, it’s an incredibly skewed statistic. I’d love to see the standard deviation.</p>
<p>Edit HERE is what the guy bashing Accounting said just a few days ago.</p>
<p>"Liore123 said:
Accounting is seen as a recession proof job, which it certainly is since everyone needs taxes done and tons of people/companies get audits. </p>
<p>doctors on the other hand are getting less work since people cant afford medical insurance or are finding other ways to treat themselves"</p>
<p>I mean you not only did you do a complete 360 but you actually think that doctors are getting less work.</p>
<p>Then he read some foreign journal and has hopped on the economics bandwagon.</p>
<p>After majoring in accounting in undergrad you can get a masters just as easily as someone who majored in economics.</p>
<p>I am not trying to recruit anybody to an accounting field; it serves me in no way what-so-ever except to increase the supply of labor from accountants. The OP asked a question, and I gave an honest answer; accounting will have more job opportunities.</p>
<p>One a somewhat parallel note: I actually enjoy economics; I am getting a minor in it and find it more interesting than my business classes. But it is a LOT harder to get a job as an economics major from my school than it is to get a job as a business major.</p>
<p>I would say either econ or finance depending on the school</p>
<p>One way that you can think of accounting is that it is the language of business. Once you understand accounting in a broad sense, you can better understand business. Every action in business is essentially a transaction, and majoring in accounting allows you to understand these transactions and how they relate to your business. I don’t want to say that one major is better than the other, but I do feel accounting allows you to better understand business as a whole. If you are in a decent business program, you will also get exposure to finance and economics allong the way, and as others have mentioned, you can easily minor in one of these while obtaining an accounting degree. If you do decide to get your undergrad degree in accounting, it is always a good base for an MBA where you can specialize in finance or ecomomics if that is the field you wish to pursue. This being said, I also know plenty of finance and econ majors who are doing quite well.</p>