UCB Econ vs. UCLA Biz Econ

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>I know this has been asked before but I can't make up my mind. I'm literally 50-50 right now. Maybe someone can help...</p>

<p>My situation:</p>

<p>I'm married, 25 years old and live in San Diego, I might wanna work outside of California at some point, maybe overseas in Europe, my wife and I like the Bay Area, but we also enjoy the great diversity in LA and everything it has to offer.
Cost of living is also an issue for us.</p>

<p>Any objective (or subjective :)) opinions on what I should do?</p>

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<p>if you have the money go to UCB. </p>

<p>it is more prestigious and if you want to work overseas at some point then more people there know of UCB then UCLA</p>

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<p>that's what I was thinking, but I don't necessarily wanna move right after college, so as far as getting a GOOD job right after graduation, are they equal?</p>

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<p>well, the major is ECON and after getting a BA/BS in econ, there arent many opportunities for you.
However regardless of going to UCB or UCLA you should be able to get a decent job. </p>

<p>if you go to UCB will be searching for a job in San Fran area? or would u relocate afterwards. I want say that UCB and UCLA will offer you the same opportunities as long as your in a city that has that job market.... for example in San Diego there probably is not much you could with an econ degree, atleast not something that pays well.</p>

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<p>I would want to stay in the city I graduate, but I'd be willing to relocate..</p>

<p>as far as job options, aren't there many econ graduates who get into big companies and work in business fields?</p>

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<p>I think job-wise in Econ you're gonna get more opportunities with UCLA and the L.A. area. I hear about UCLA's biz econ connections all the time but near nothing about Berkeley's.</p>

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<p>that's a good point, it would be interesting to hear from some Berkeley econ students, maybe I'll post in the UCB forum</p>

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<p>check out labor statistics and things like careercruising.com .... i am doing this now in one of my personal development classes and its really helping me make a career plan for my econ major.</p>

<p>A lot of econ majors DO get hired in business related fields .... but to do well with your econ degree you need a masters /phd... from what i understand.</p>

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<p>yeah, that's true, but I wanna work for a few years first and make at least decent money before going for a masters degree</p>

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<p>maxx99, what is your definition of decent money? 6 digits?</p>

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<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2000/08/18/career/q_degreeeconomics/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2000/08/18/career/q_degreeeconomics/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Averages for econ grads along with profession.</p>

<p>You could probably add a few bucks for the "prestige" factor.</p>

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<p>that a little outdated though (1999)... isn't it, Matt?</p>

<p>Cal says uper 75%th percentiole of econ majors -> 55,000. avg. & like 50,000 for 2004 grads.</p>

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<p>my definition of decent money is around 50K
those statistics from the Berkeley website look good, but the question is, how hard is it to get a job right after college with an econ degree? Maybe bizecon could be a little more helpful...</p>

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<p>i know several ppl (ucla/top 20 lib arts) that had nooo problem getting jobs that paid well over 50k after graduating w/ a bachelors in econ. im thinking applied math & econ will be even better.</p>

<p>bizecon's ok if you're down with the whole accounting gig. but i think its a waste of time.</p>

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<p>so you think, if I'm not a big fan of accounting, I'm might be doing just as good at Berkeley econ? Might also be a little easier (less stressfull) because it's just econ without accounting?</p>

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<p>(yes go to berk so i can have your spot at LA)</p>

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<p>I'm leaning slightly towards UCB econ now, just because Berkeley's worldwide reputation. Getting a good GPA and some internships will be more important than the program I think</p>

<p>Is anyone else in a similar situation?</p>

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<p>i def. think you should go for berk econ instead of ucla biz econ. biz econ is just an econ major w/ an accounting minor. if you're not a number crunching type of guy, then maybe its not right for you. i dunno. but if you go to berk for econ i might see you there come next spring!</p>

<p>im in a similar situation except i got in for math/econ at ucla and econ at berkk. im thinking of double majoring at berkeley but i got defered so its making me think twice. 80% sure ill be heading to berk next year though.</p>

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<p>I don't mind accounting really, I already took 2 semesters of accounting. </p>

<p>About Berkeley econ, I just thought that it's kind of "plain"...whereas UCLA also gives you a accounting/finance background and even the option to specialize in computing...UCLA biz econ sounds harder than berk econ though, not sure if that's true</p>

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<p>that's the ****ty thing. for those of us that already took financial+managerial accounting, these units won't transfer over (or they might, but as elective) since we gotta retake it at the upper divison level.</p>