<p>Who will make more money right out of school and 1, 2, 5, and 10 years after graduation? A Business Administration major or a Finance major? And let's say it is someone attending a reputable State school, not an Ivy-Leaguer. And also, who will have more and better job opportunities?</p>
<p>Are you talking about your average BizAdmin major vs your avg Finance major? </p>
<p>In my personal opinion, your avg finance major would make more than your avg Biz major, only because your avg finance major is more likely to want to pursue a finance career.
Your avg Biz major who knows that s/he wants to pursue a career in finance will make as much as your avg finance major, I presume.</p>
<p>I guess I could just see a Business Administration major going into some type of “Business Operations” field and/or possibly finding a job with The Government either state or federal. Also, I could see the Business Administration major going onto pursue an IT related career and possibly pursuing a Master’s in Information Technology and possibly becoming a Project Manager or something. I thought some of these fields that are open to the Business Administration major might not be open to the Finance major. Let me know if that sounds rational.</p>
<p>business admin is a useless degree that is completely theoretical, where as a finance degree, although very dependent on the school, is much more quantitative. Quantitative always wins. Ask the Art grads who dropped engineering because its too hard.</p>
<p>Usually you have to concentrate your Business Admin degree on a focus (MIS, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain…etc). </p>
<p>You can end up making a lot of money with any of the above, but are not guaranteed to. A lot depends on YOU, your program’s strengths, and the companies that recruit at your schools. </p>
<p>I tend to think that the highest individual salaries will go to Finance & MIS majors, but that, on average, accounting majors will have higher employment and on average, due to only top top MIS & finance students getting those TOP salaries, higher salaries. Don’t know much about Supply Chain. & wouldn’t reccomend Marketing if your so concerned about salary in the short term.</p>
<p>Ultimately: TALK TO YOUR CAREER CENTER</p>
<p>As many people stated, your salary depends on YOU. Both majors are very similar and typically you can tailor either degree to be as quantitative/rigorous as you want.
If you get a finance major and then go work for the Treasury Department, you will make less money than if you got a Business degree and went to work for a large bank in a reputable position.</p>
<p>double major finance&MIS…high salaries</p>
<p>Finance is usually a concentration within “business admin”, and the latter merely means you took lower division accounting and econ classes. The upper division concentrations often have literally nothing in common with each other. </p>
<p>If you mean a management degree then 1-5 years out of school specialized skills (finance, CS, CIS, engineering, etc.) earn more on average than generalized management degrees, or general anything degrees. 10 years out of school? Who knows. You hopefully have a career established by then and nobody is even looking at your degree.</p>
<p>Programs that follow the form of BSBA / BS Management with required concentrations/focuses usually are best.</p>