Most Useful BBA Double Major Combos?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>I have thought of a few options. Feel free to comment on positive benefits of the following double majors (specifically: most feasible (still maintaining high GPA), type of job and starting & 10 year salaries, and overall rating (1 being the least useful/helping your marketability and 10 being the most). Which additional major will serve as a strong complement to my primary major, perhaps even fine tune my specific interests in Finance into one specific type of field.</p>

<p>1) Finance/Accounting
2) Finance/Marketing
3) Finance/Real Estate
4) Finance/Risk Management
5) Finance/Information Systems
6) Finance/Environmental Studies Certificate (minor)
7) Finance/Statistics
8) Finance/Computer Science Certificate (minor)</p>

<p>Note: all of the above will still allow me to graduate in four years and still averaging 15 credits a semester except statistics which may require 18 credits for some semesters</p>

<p>About me:UW Madison (applied to the undergrad business school) rising sophomore with a 3.6 cumulative GPA after freshman year (in case this factors into the best major for me from the above list). Basically looking for the highest starting salary that isn't I-Banking. Perhaps private equity, hedge funds, consulting (as this seems the most feasible since the other two usually require connections)?</p>

<p>Also, would I be in bad shape if I do not get an internship the summer between my sophomore and junior year?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>I know that's a lot to ask, but info anything helps.</p>

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<p>finance/stats would arguably be the strongest.</p>

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<p>^Agreed…or Finance/Math.</p>

<p>But Stats is absolutely, positively TOUGH. I have never had such a hard time with a class before until I took an upper-level statistics class.</p>

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<p>Finance/Math again. My Calc teacher used to work for a hedge fund firm and claims his math major and deep understanding of derivatives made the difference. Note that he only majored in math, not a double major.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses so far. Yeah, I figured it would be Finance/Math, so let’s just rule that one out, because after checking the credit’s and everything it won’t work out with my schedule. So besides Finance/Math what other ones do you guys think?</p>