Undergraduate student trying to decide between Management or Information Systems

I’m an undergraduate student at a community college working on my AA transfer in Business Administration to a California State University.

I’ve always been tech-savvy (Exploring Windows OS and staying up-to-date with tech news), but never taken much interest or performed well in programming/coding.

However; even though I didn’t take much interest in programming/coding, I do have some interest in learning Microsoft Excel and it’s many features for mining or manipulating data.

The California State University I plan on transferring to has several Majors or “Options” within Business Administration. But the two I want to focus on are:

Management

Management Information Systems

IMO MIS is a more employable major.

That’s great to hear. I’ll continue to stay on that path and see where it leads me. Thanks for the advice.

Management possibly the most worthless business major. Any management skills you need, you’ll learn on the job and from your superiors. MIS is incredibly important because technology is changing the business is done. MIS is becoming the most valued business major. It will also really help if you are thinking of IT consulting, where you’ll make bank.

@doublelegking management is not worthless. I know someone who works for the department of transportation and majored in management. Now anything in business is good. The different between management and MIS is that management is to manage people. MIS is to manage projects. Obviously MIS sounds a bit tougher but the pay is better. You do have better opportunities and internships within that major compared to management. It all comes down to what you want to do with your life. Do you see yourself managing people in a big firm or managing tech-orientated projects. Good luck!

The thing about management skills is that you earn those skills as you progress in your career. There is no need to spend money to get a management degree when you will get those skills for free later.

Not really. Here is an example how it applies.
If you don’t go to school: no college degree. The farthest you can go (as a manger) is managing a McDonalds or Wendy’s, or a retail store. You probably make 25-30k.
With school: a bachelor’s in management you can start off at 40-45k with a management position at a bank, firm, corporation,etc. You will do a lot more than just managing people. You will learn a little of everything in business school which helps when applying for a job in a management field. It’s not a waste but that is the only major I would suggest to add another major (finance or accounting) or minor in those. @doublelegking