<p>So, when people say don't major in business because it's broad and only useful if you study one field and then come back to get your MBA, are they referring to general business management and administration? Or are they also saying to avoid fields like finance or accounting? </p>
<p>I believe they are referring to BA, marketing and/or management. Accounting and finance are actually what most people recommend to students who want to major in business. </p>
<p>I agree with NYCguy in that they are probably referring to management and marketing. Also, finance and accounting are more marketable degrees for a college graduate. Obviously, if your interest don’t lie in those fields you have to understand the ramifications of your decision to major in business. Having said that I know plenty of people who have done well with management and marketing majors.</p>
<p>As for the MBA, if you have an undergraduate business degree, you should have a very compelling reason to return for an MBA.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t listen to anyone. The whole nature of business, marketing and management, is becoming very data driven. Do you know statistics? Can you understand the statistics run on your company’s data enough to know how much product to produce, which ads are most effective and where on the shelf should your product be to sell the most and the impact of all that on the bottomline. </p>
<p>There is not much intuition in business. Everything is about having data, sliced ten different ways and knowing what it all means. A good management or marketing program will help you to understand all that.</p>
<p>Please don’t listen to what most people say. If Donald Trump says don’t buy real estate, listen to him. If Warren Buffet says don’t buy stocks, listen to him. If Mark Zuckerberg says social media is dead, listen to him. But whatever you do, don’t listen to anyone who isn’t making over $150,000 a year in their profession and don’t listen to the news or government lists (they always get the right information at the wrong time, too late to plan your next 10 years.)</p>
<p>In about 20 years you’ll see how right I am no matter who you listen to today.</p>