Should I Major in econ or finance?

Double major if you can. Might as well make the most of your 4 years. I'd either double major with econ/finance or go with either one and double up with accounting. What are your future goals?

I did Finance major with Econ minor

Econ kind of pointless - theory posing as science and bad theory at that

If you wanna go the business route and can handle it major in Accounting

Tin Whistle wrote:

I did Finance major with Econ minor

Econ kind of pointless - theory posing as science and bad theory at that

If you wanna go the business route and can handle it major in Accounting

I recommend accounting, too. If you really enjoy Econ or finance, you can double in accounting and one of those. Tin Whistle is correct, unless you want to be an Econ professor, avoid it.

I double majored finance & econ with an accounting minor. Finding work is easy. While I've been in accounting since graduating about 5 years ago I plan to transition in to something else before too long.

You really can't go wrong with any combination of the three. Pursue something you enjoy...I enjoyed econ so I wasn't willing to major in accounting.

If you can hack it do statistics and Econ and be an actuary

If you can hack it do statistics and Econ and be an actuary

Justakid wrote:

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Financial Economics

Actuarial Econometrics

Corporate Political Economy

Geology.

Lol

It depends what you want to do. If you want to go into wall st finance... like work at a hedge fund or on a trade desk you should major in applied math or pure physics (both if you want a job). If you see yourself as more of an eventual MBA.. management type then you should definitely do accounting (finance specialty) first. The basics of econ can be very useful for people unaccustomed to thinking in that way, but generally economics as a major is relatively impractical as taught by most academics.

Why is econ so impractical?

Don't pick based on where you think you'll make the most money. Econ and Finance are both majors where you'll have no trouble finding a well-paying job (in fact, many of the same ones), so it really comes down to what you're interested in.

You might want to look outside of the business school for a 2nd major or minor. You might benefit from bringing in a different perspective than all the other business school grads.

Like what, would econ and philosophy be a good combination

Tin Whistle wrote:

If you wanna go the business route and can handle it major in Accounting

Wait...some people consider accounting a major that some people can't handle? It's adding and subtracting (occasionally multiplying and dividing)! Big state schools have accounting departments; Ivy League schools do not. You do the math.

Not an accountant but wish I were. They make great $ and coupled with an MBA your golden.

I was finance undergrad with a minor in econ. I really liked econ because it gives you a big picture view of why things happen in the worlds economy. you can then apply this to finance whether it be investing or management. I went on to get an mba right after this in finance. received a great job offer from a fortune 10 company. also thought about law school, but really did not feel like shelling out more money. had a scholarship but was on my own for the rest of the money at a private school so still wasnt cheap.

You'd be better finding a second major (to Econ) that has more crossover or applications (subjects that you can apply Econ to). Business Administration (or something similar) is probably the most common. Give some thought to what field you want to work in when you graduate, then prioritize that for your one major, and give yourself some flexibility to do a minor as a secondary interest. You may sacrifice your grades (and graduate school options), time for running, or other outside activities (job, GF), by doing a second major when you will only do one job (hopefully) when you graduate.

Join the marines

If you want to actually learn something and have an interesting job choose econ