<p>I just finished my freshman year of college and right now I'm on track to getting a degree in Mechanical Engineering. My dad says that if I'm planning to go into business, which I am, a degree in engineering will "look better" than a degree in something like economics. And he says that if I don't want to major in engineering then I should major in math. So pretty much my question is, what undergraduate major appeals most to someone hiring in the business field: engineering, math, or economics? I still don't know what exactly I want to do with business but there's about 95% chance I'll be getting by MBA after college. Thanks</p>
<p>If you want the MBA, then I would stick with Engineering. From what ive read, I think about 40% of students in MBA programs are Engineering undergrads.</p>
<p>What you read is wrong. And I am guessing you didn’t read anything besides other misinformed forums posters.</p>
<p>[The</a> Wharton MBA Program | Class Profile](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/student-life/class-profile.cfm]The”>Student Life - MBA Program) - WRONG
[Class</a> Statistics - MBA - Harvard Business School](<a href=“http://www.hbs.edu/mba/perspectives/class-statistics/]Class”>Class Profile - MBA - Harvard Business School) - WRONG
[Columbia</a> Business School MBA Program : Class Profile](<a href=“http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/admissions/classprofile]Columbia”>http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/admissions/classprofile) - WRONG
[Class</a> Profile, Full-Time MBA Program - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley](<a href=“Full-Time MBA Program | Berkeley Haas”>Full-Time MBA Program | Berkeley Haas) - WRONG
[Yale</a> School of Management - Class Statistics](<a href=“http://mba.yale.edu/MBA/students/class_statistics.shtml]Yale”>http://mba.yale.edu/MBA/students/class_statistics.shtml) - WRONG</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/FullTime/Students/ClassProfile/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/FullTime/Students/ClassProfile/index.htm</a> - Wrong</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/community/stats.aspx[/url]”>http://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/community/stats.aspx</a> - WRONG</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/about/facts.html[/url]”>http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/about/facts.html</a> - WRONG</p>
<p><a href=“http://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/experience/classof12profile.php[/url]”>http://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/experience/classof12profile.php</a> - WRONG</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.darden.virginia.edu/web/MBA/Students-Alumni/Class-Profile/[/url]”>http://www.darden.virginia.edu/web/MBA/Students-Alumni/Class-Profile/</a> - WRONG</p>
<p>I could keep going. The point is the poster above was not only incredibly wrong about the % of engineering majors - he doesn’t even realize that a majority are SocialSciences/Humanties or Business UG majors. 6 of the 10 schools listed above have a higher representation of UG business majors than engineering majors. </p>
<p>Although, making this point to engineering majors is much more fun.</p>
<p>Pick a major that is likely to lead to a career in which you can/will be successful. Why would you want to get an MBA just for the sake of getting an MBA? Wouldn’t your number one priority be a successful career? That is why people go get MBAs. And to get an MBA, you first need to have successful work experience (of any kind). Major is completely irrelevant as a direct connection to MBA admission. It is only relevant as an indirect connection (getting the work experience to get into an MBA).</p>