<p>Hello, I'll be going to school in the fall to study business. I'm still leaving my options open in terms of choosing a major, but I'm leaning towards more of a quantitative degree like accouting, MIS, or finance. I'm also wondering if a supply chain management degree is as useful as these, or if it is in the same boat as marketing and general business. Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>From what I understand it is not as good as accounting or MIS, but it is better than marketing and general business. I am not sure about finance these days.</p>
<p>Take intro courses in each. Judge your decision on what you enjoy based on what will “make you rich.”</p>
<p>Besides that, I get the impression that SCM is somewhat overrated. It offers a very good living if you find the right job, but the reality is that SCM jobs are few in number.</p>
<p>Relative to the supply of labor, the demand for scm graduates is very strong. Yes, there are way more accounting jobs in the country, but there are also way more accounting graduates competing for those jobs.</p>
<p>The only problem for scm graduates is that IE majors are being offered a lot of supply chain positions, but part of that could be due to the fact that there are so few scm specific graduates coming out of the universities.</p>
<p>One of the reasons I chose not to pursue scm as a major is because it has a relatively narrowly defined career path and I prefer to have as many options open as possible. Math/econ/IE open up many more doors than a supply chain major.</p>