<p>I’ll go out on the limb here. My bachelor’s degree was in Economics and broadly speaking, you need a graduate degree in Economics to gain employment in that field. That isn’t to say that people with Econ degrees don’t find employment - I did and so do many others, but not necessarily in the field of Economics - many times it is in a business related field.</p>
<p>Both of the schools are wonderful, though and if you can get into either, I’d want to look at starting off as more of a General Business type major and trying out several of the specialty fields before deciding on a specific one. Truth is that many high school kids don’t know the difference between a Finance degree and an Economics degree versus an Accounting degree and will learn more about those when they finish the business program’s first two years. Just my two cents, but based on your initial statement, I’d lean towards Business at WashU</p>