<p>futurenyustudent---</p>
<p>where do you live/where are you from?</p>
<p>Berkeley... I live in L.A. so I'd want a change of scenery.</p>
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Business economics is more similar to Business administration than it is to economics in its area of focus.</p>
<p>Therefore, if you are to compare apples with apples, I'd say Haas generally surpasses business economics at UCLA.
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<p>Well I was responding to the person above me. Actually most people will claim that business economics and business administration are completely different degrees. I suppose the biz econ degree is closer to the Haas degree. You can't say a business degree is superior, it depends what you want. For me, I think a business economics degree offers me the best of both worlds since I'm planning on a career in finance/accounting and not marketing. The average admit GPA into econ at Cal is a 3.4 GPA. The necessary admit GPA into biz econ at UCLA is a 3.3/3.4.</p>
<p>Don't flame me, I'm generalizing but econ majors at Cal who want to pursue a career in business/finance (there are those like my friend at Cal with a 3.8 who do not and just love economics) are Haas rejects.</p>
<p>If you compare the data between UCLA and Cal's career centers, you will find UCLA biz econ majors have a higher starting salary than Cal econ majors. So for a similar GPA (excluding Haas), UCLA biz econ majors make more. When comparing Haas to UCLA, the salary is also similar. Haas might offer some more opportunities.</p>
<p>"Some of them, in the job qualifications, prefer a CPA or a background with some accounting classes."
Well for the evidence you can scan through corporate recruiting websites.</p>