<p>Hello,
I'm currently a junior in highschool, and have been looking into schools and majors. I am a Texas resident, and have narrowed my choices down to the University of Texas, and Texas A&M University. I'm looking into a finance degree at Texas A&M Mays business school, or an economics degree form U.T. which is just a liberal arts I believe. If everything worked out the way I wanted too, my first choice would be McCombs School of Business at UT, but I don't know how realistic it is as I am 9% in my class, and have a 1900 SAT. So, the real question is if I should go business at A&M, or Economics at U.T. I believe that the economics program at U.T. is a top 25 program, whereas the A&M finance program is in the 35-50 range. I love economics and finance so there is no bias there, and both schools are equal in my mind, and would love to attend both. So please don't preach about the atmosphere at one of the schools, and don't tell me I should go to whichever one I like better as it will be irrelevant in my decision. So, which major will help me land a job in a commercial bank/I-bank (or any job for that matter) and which will be more enticing to Graduate schools? It would be great if you could include extra info. i.e. which major is more versatile, more sought after, etc.</p>
<p>To be honest, for job purposes, econ vs finance make you equally unqualified for anything but an entry position. Good grades, reasoning and writing ability, and teachability, are what the investment banks are looking for in analysts.</p>
<p>You may pick up a little more useful information as a finance major.</p>
<p>Grad schools - depends upon what you want to go to grad school for. If you want an academic degree, then take whichever field you will pursue in Grad School. If you want an MBA, law school, etc, then either is fine.</p>
<p>not sure about the I-banking placement for either school</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>By “graduate school”, do you mean MBA, or PhD in economics or finance?</p>
<p>To prepare for a PhD program in economics or finance, you need to take more advanced math and statistics courses than a typical economics major takes. Examples would include real analysis and proof-oriented advanced linear algebra that normally just math majors take, and more rigorous probability and statistics courses that normally just statistics majors take.</p>
<p>Bump.
Does anyone have an answer for my question? UT Eco, or A&M finance?</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t you apply to both?! You don’t know where you will get in. You have plenty of time between now and next fall to do more research on these and other schools. Thus no need to keep “bumping” 
Also check out the business majors forum here on CC, you will find more opinions there. Do a search on the schools you are interested in to see past comments about them. [Business</a> Major - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/]Business”>Business Major - College Confidential Forums)</p>