<p>If heard from several people for several years now that getting a business degree is a waste of money, if that's so than how come schools like Wharton at Upenn and Stern at NYU be so competitive compared to the other schools in those colleges?</p>
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<p>A lot of people end up getting business degrees, in management, or a general business. This floods the job market, which only has so many job openings. So it makes it hard to find jobs. And some people say you dont really learn much getting those type of business degrees, there is no real skill being learned. </p>
<p>There are job openings, and going to a top business school will help you get those jobs.</p>
<p>*This is just how I interrupt it.</p>
<p>It depends on the business major and the college. Any major from a top school like Wharton or Stern I feel will land you a good job.</p>
<p>If you go to a college that isn’t well known, I’ve heard it is better to major in accounting or finance or information systems. Of course you can major in management, business administration, or marketing and still land a decent first job if you have work experience and beef up your resume. Like the other person said, the job market is flooded with these majors so you have to find a way to differentiate yourself.</p>
<p>The days of the BRAND NAME college = automatic solid employment are over and have been over for the last 15-20 years. It’s one of the reasons college students graduate with so much debt with only a bachelor’s degree, they are chasing this notion that a brand name college on their resume puts their resume at the TOP of the pile and it doesn’t anymore UNLESS you are leveraging the Alumni Network of that institution to get a position. </p>
<p>A generic business management/administration degree is becoming like the standard liberal arts degree in psychology simply because of the broad based nature of the degree in nature. </p>
<p>Your focus is on creating a solid career plan with a solid professional summary/niche going forward. What industry are you looking to work in, what type of positions and what’s the entrance into those positions, growth patterns and stability of that entire structure going forward? ONCE you answer those questions, then you can determine what type of degree is the best to get to help CONSTRUCT a solid resume and profile. </p>
<p>If you are going into a position that will be starting at $30,000 a year in income and stay that way for the first 2 years, then go to $45,000 for the next 3 years after that and then at $65,000 plus after 5 years, then unless you have a scholarship to significantly discount the tuition at the brand name institution then you have NO BUSINESS attending a high costing college.</p>