<p>What's the best undergrad business degree based on job availability, job security, and salary?</p>
<p>I'm considering accounting, finance, and management information systems. </p>
<p>The Internet has a lot of contradiction information.
As you can see here, there are studies that uphold a degree's worth, and others that claim a degree in a certain field has growing unemployment:</p>
<p>Employment</a> Statistics</p>
<p>Computer</a> Systems Analyst Job Overview | Best Jobs | US News Careers</p>
<p><a href="http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/HardTimes.2013.2.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/HardTimes.2013.2.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.career.uh.edu/cougarjobs/documents/April2013SalarySurvey.pdf%5B/url%5D">https://www.career.uh.edu/cougarjobs/documents/April2013SalarySurvey.pdf</a></p>
<p>Personally, I've taken accounting classes and done ok in them, and my school does have a program to help prepare you for the CPA exam.
I've taken computer science in high school, and enjoyed it.
And I've taken a finance class and did well on all of the exams.</p>
<p>Any advice, please?</p>
<p>IMO, Econ is a solid business-oriented major. However, as for specific programs, I believe UPenn’s Wharton School is unrivaled.</p>
<p>Totally up to you based on what career path you want to take.</p>
<p>If you want to become a CPA, major in Accounting. You can work just about anywhere as a CPA.</p>
<p>If you want to get into Investment Banking or become a Financial Analyst, major in Finance.</p>
<p>If you want to do light programming and work around technology, major in MIS.</p>
<p>There is no right or wrong answer. You need to figure out what it is you want to do with your degree.</p>
<p>I will say that in terms of difficulty obtaining the degree, MIS is harder than Accounting and Accounting is harder than Finance. But again, none of this really matters. All that matters is what you want to do in life.</p>
<p>The business school I’m a member of doesn’t have the option of majoring in Economics. Just Finance, Marketing, MIS, Accounting - BBA, Accounting - PPA, Supply Chain Management, and Management.</p>
<p>And Tamerlee, you say MIS is harder than accounting? Is that true? </p>
<p>Also, I’ve heard that with a degree in accounting and CPA certification, you can get a job anywhere, but that the business world has hundreds of underpaid accountants.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I fear that while MIS can be a great major, I might end up behind a tech support desk while computer science majors get the majority of jobs I would qualify for.</p>
<p>Oh, and I forgot to add that my college, the University of Houston, is also in the top 5 colleges for entrepreneurship.</p>
<p>[Top</a> 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2012 | Entrepreneur.com](<a href=“Top colleges and business schools for entrepreneurs.”>Top colleges and business schools for entrepreneurs.)</p>
<p>I think you’re missing the whole point here. You pick a job you want to do and then select a major to support that job. Not the other way around. If you want to major in Economics, you are going to want to go to another school. That is, if you truly want to major in Economics. What job do you plan on doing with a degree in Economics? I know an Economist that worked for AT&T for a few years, worked for Boeing for a few years, and then became a US Diplomat.</p>
<p>Entrepreneurship focuses on starting a business / many businesses. It doesn’t sound like that is what you are interested in.</p>
<p>MIS is marginally harder than Accounting as you need to learn a good deal of programming and logic that goes along with it. Are you good at math? All the majors you listed require a good deal of finite math.</p>
<p>Seriously though, figure out what you want to do first. You can start here:</p>
<p>[Home</a> : Occupational Outlook Handbook : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm]Home”>http://www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm)</p>
<p>Then pick a major that lets you do what you want to do.</p>
<p>“but that the business world has hundreds of underpaid accountants.”
Is this true?</p>
<p>Every career has hundreds of underpaid _______s.</p>
<p>It’s up to you to negotiate your salary when you get a job.</p>
<p>Tamerlee, I never said I was interested in majoring in Economics. 93tiger16 brought it up, and I was just saying that the business school didn’t have that major.</p>
<p>And yes, I am good at math.</p>
<p>If I ask myself what I want to do, I can only say that I’m leaning towards MIS, but I’m hesitating because I’m worried that the degree isn’t a solid major. I guess, it’s because I’ve heard that there’s too much outsourcing in the field, that you can get the degree at technical schools like ITT Tech so why are you going to university, that its got high unemployment, and all these other negative things that I can’t confirm or deny because all the information I find online contradicts itself. </p>
<p>Thank you for the advice. I’ll try to pick a major that I believe best suits me.</p>
<p>don’t base your degree on some govt statistics - that’s BS.</p>
<p>Degree from a FOR PROFIT institution like ITT Tech is worthless – pure BS degrees that are upsold to unsuspecting victims who want a degree. </p>
<p>MIS is a very solid major. ~$70k out of college, is what the avg down here for a new grad but the $$ angle will only get you so far. Look at it from a business standpoint. W</p>
<p>hich modern day business can survive without technology? (None) How inefficient are traditional businesses? (Very) Boom - it just shows that MIS has lotsa’ room to grow.</p>
<p>Outsourcing is there but it doesn’t work with regards to business strategy / planning and consultations – these are the things that a MIS major (ideally) will do. It’s stuff that cannot be outsourced.</p>
<p>MIS as jobs aren’t being outsourced, it is often programming jobs. MIS requires a working knowledge of the code and how it translates into the business environment. Many times when outsourcing happens the MIS guy will keep his job, and manage the people who the jobs got outsourced to. That is pretty much what happened at the company I’m currently at. They let go of 4 coders, and hired 8 more overseas. From what I heard it costs them 2/3 the amount for 3x the work. The MIS guy is in charge of making things go smoothly, and he is essential to the company; he might be getting a raise even though his colleagues were let go.</p>