<p>Is economics considered superior or something, because a lot of people even in schools where business is offered at the undergrad level choose economics. Is economics better for graduate school and job placement? How come many sucessful people (trump, Oconnor etc) all majored in econ but no one seems to have majored in business?</p>
<p>Trump majored Econ at Wharton. That's really close to business. And Trump's parents were rich. He himself inherited property from daddy.</p>
<p>Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and Princeton do not offer undergraduate business degrees. However, they are probably some of the most successful schools when it comes to landing jobs on Wall Street.</p>
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These universities do NOT offer undergraduate programs in Business, even if they have excellent MBA programs. I REPEAT, you CANNOT get an undergraduate degree at any of those universities listed below:</p>
<p>Columbia Unibersity
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Harvard University
Northwestern University
Rice University
Stanford University
University of Chicago
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of Rochester
Vanderbilt University
Yale University
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<p>A lot of top universities with premiere business schools do not offer an undergraduate business degree. Investment banks recruit econ majors just as heavily. That's why so many people major in Economics.</p>
<p>Furthermore, if you know you're going to get a MBA later on then majoring in economics may give you a broader view of the economy. A person who majors in business and gets a MBA learns about nothing but business. It is kind of repetitive.</p>
<p>B.S in Econ at Wharton is a business degree, don't be mistaken.</p>
<p>Well its weird, it's business but you're major is Econ. So if you go to grad school, you have the option of getting a phd in econ</p>
<p>sometimes econ is used as a back drop if someone doesn't get into the business school of their university.</p>
<p>Wharton undergrads receive "B.S. in Econ" for all concentrations, as opposed to a "BA in Economics" offered by Penn's College. That's why some Wharton people can say they studied economics while it is really business. </p>
<p>At Penn, "BBA" is only given to adult undergraduates enrolled in Wharton evening classes.</p>
<p>If Harvard Stanford and Princeton had ug business Ibanks would still recruit there. They recruit those schools because that's where the most elite students go on average and it is traditional for the banks to recruit those schools.</p>
<p>In most of the rest of the real business world (outside NYC and Boston it helps to have a business degree to get started.</p>
<p>HYPS is always going to be part of that "old school money connection...hence the reason why Georgetown business gets recruited soo much by Ibanks."</p>
<p>My dilenma is </p>
<p>I could major in Business Administration (or Finance) even. Those of Bachelor of sciences and I would get 24-27 hours electives</p>
<p>I could major in Economics a BA degree and get 32 hours of electives. </p>
<p>I have heard that economics is better for job finding and law school should I decide to go, but although I do not hate economics I am disinterested to the point of boredom by it. However, if it is indeed much better for job finding and or law school should I decide to stick it out?</p>
<p>Hm... I think economics is equal to business administration for investment banking and maybe consulting jobs. I'm not sure the same applies for corporate accounting jobs. Economics definitely is not "better" for job finding, it is equal for some jobs.</p>
<p>Law schools don't care too much what you major in, so I'm not sure if economics looks better on paper. However, economics might prepare you better for law school and the LSAT.</p>
<p>The thing about econ is that, depending on your course choice, you can make it extremely qualitative or quantitative, or even a mix. So students on a pre-law track could take classes that focus on policy, and others interested in let's say, trading, could take econometrics, real analysis, etc.</p>
<p>I think you should definitely do finance because you are disinterested in economics and on top of that business is much more interesting and you could get a decent job when your done with college and decide on not going to law school.</p>