VERY uninformed student seeking advice from experienced CCers!

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@MYOS1634

Your responses are insightful, but I am (as the post title suggests) very uninformed so I don’t understand exactly what you mean. It would be very helpful if you could clarify!

Any PhD worth doing will be funded.
-An MBA MAY be funded by an employer but it depends on the type of employer. To get into an MBA with, say, an English major, you’re better off applying from Williams or UChicago and from a 3-year stint at the type of employer who wants to hire Williams/UChic/ivy English majors.

• If you want a close relationship with professors you may be better off at LACs (perhaps also Princeton/Yale?) but certainly not a large Texas public university, unless you got Plan II.

Which fields are PhDs consistently funded? STEM seems like an obvious one but what about in fields like Economics, Finance (is this common?) or in interdisciplinary studies like Middle Eastern/East Asian Studies?

What types of employers want English majors? What types would be willing to fund an MBA? It seems like those naturally will be competitive spots because the company is willing to fund your education AKA expanding your skill set, and giving you opportunity for mobility within the company. Do most employers have contracts that mandate you to work for them for a certain period of time after getting the degree?

This is true—I am attracted to LACs/YPS for the close professor relationships. What do you mean by Plan II?