What pays more between Business Administration and Economics?

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<p>I have completed about three and a half semesters of college work and I am looking forward to transferring after about one more semester.</p>

<p>First, I was thinking about just taking both BA and Econ major classes so that I can apply for both majors at various universities.</p>

<p>However, I have learned that it is not good to transfer with a huge total of units, and also, there are different math reqirements for both majors, and if I wanted to apply fpr both I would have to take about six math courses in two semesters. Hell no.</p>

<p>So, what are thr main differences between Economics major and Business Administration? What pays more?</p>

<p>I really want to atten UCLA or UCI, and they only have majors in Econ, not BA.</p>

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<p>one big reason why I am trying to attend USC, they have a good Business School</p>

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<p>business administration is like getting an MBA, except you have no career experience to apply it to. you would lack a specialty. economics however gives you a technical skill to offer a business. thats why a great many good schools dont have undergrad business schools.</p>

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<p>princeton doesn't offer undergrad Business Administration, and does just as well with i-banks. and better in other fields.</p>

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<p>But what you guys don't realize is that at some schools they have both. For example, UT Austin has Economics as a major but it also has an Under grad business school. The Economics majors are generally looked down upon as people who weren't able to make it into the business school.</p>

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<p>ah i gotcha. but the OP was referring to being disadvantaged by his/her prospective school not having a business administration major. theres no disadvantage there. harvard, yale, princeton, and stanford don't offer undergraduate business administration degrees. obviously they do fine in the pay department with econ degrees.</p>

<p>its not like you would really "administrate" anything with just a bachelors anyway, unless u started ur own business, in which case the degree wouldnt matter.</p>

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<p>"business administration is like getting an MBA, except you have no career experience to apply it to. you would lack a specialty. economics however gives you a technical skill to offer a business. thats why a great many good schools dont have undergrad business schools."</p>

<p>Not true. The vast majority of Bus Admin programs force students to choose a specialty - finance, marketing, etc. If anything, it's much more applicable and focused than such a wide field like economics. However, top schools with econ programs have their students recruited just as heavily as top business schools.</p>

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<p>i second skierdude.</p>

<p>HYPS do not have undergrad business programs. nuff said. go ahead and tell them theyre doing something wrong.</p>

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<p>Here's some info on starting salaries, but starting salaries certainly won't determine long term income. </p>

<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/15/pf/college/starting_salaries/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/15/pf/college/starting_salaries/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>oh also, the reason why the average starting salary for Biz Administration in the whole nation is so low is that even the ****tiest school has a Biz program, the 5000+ crap Biz programs drag down the average. but a top biz undergrad program is no joke</p>