Are business degrees worthless

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I am looking to study business? Is it a bad degree?

I have no idea actually, I know that they are the most common degree and I would assume the most relevant degree because every company needs someone that knows it regardless of if they are construction, mcdonalds, a car dealership or whatever.

A degree in law, medical or engineering would surely give you better chances of a higher paying job but the degree would take longer (I think), be more difficult and would limit you on what field you want to go into.

Just don't get a liberal arts degree lol...I even have a masters and it doesn't do anything for me.

I took some business courses as part of my degree related study and I think certain business courses can be very valuable to someone with AS, or to anyone who wishes to start their own business.

Whether pursing a business degree has a good chance of being profitable, as compared to other degrees you could pursue, I think that depends. Business is major where school and social networking ability usually counts a lot. If you have an MBA from an Ivy League school, such as Harvard, Stanford, or Princeton, you are far more likely to secure a profitable position as a business executive.

If you have an MBA from the University of LaVern, or some other diploma mill type school, or even many state universities, you are more likely to end up competing for jobs in middle management, many of which you will either be under qualified for, or over qualified for.

I think a middle management position would generally be hell for someone with AS.

You might want to take some university level marketing and entrepreneur courses though, even if you just audit them or take them through an extension, or even just sit in on them if you can. A large portion of them tend to be dedicated to how NT's think, how they network, and how to approach them with ideas.

Is business a good degree if you dont know what the hell you want to do with your life and just want a degree?


I'm halway towards a degree.


Is it a good degree if you just want some mid level office job?

As a rule, any college degree is useless unless you have a job waiting for you on the outside.

Most MBA programs are bunk (from someone who is on the inside). Only an MBA from a high-ranking school (pedigree) will open doors for people NOT already working. For those already in management, an MBA from the local school can open promotional opportunities because their work history speaks more for them than the school. Otherwise, MBA programs are a dime a dozen...just like most every other degree you can go to school for.

In seeking any degree, you really need to research schools to see IF the graduates get into really good jobs. That piece of paper isn't worth it if nobody really respects it. The hardest part in this is that you can't trust anything the school gives you as information because they're trying to make a sale.

A business degree will be useful because, no matter where you work, it will be a business, so it's good to know how everything operates.

Ironically, if you want to start your own business, you don't need any qualifications at all.

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As far as a job waiting for me on the outside, I am hoping my dad can help me. Although, I will be a little older so....

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I'd look to specialize in an area rather than just general business.
Finance/Information Systems/Management Information Systems would be good to specialize in
I'd avoid marketing/advertising unless you want to spend the next few years of your life in sales.

we know how good sales would be for an aspie

I'm pretty good at sales.

If you want to get a BA to get a job in the Accounting/Finance or Marketing/Promotions sector, it is worthless. If you want to have a higher promotion in your profession and become a stronger leader, go for an MBA.

The two colleges I went to had focus areas for their Business degrees (accounting, healthcare administration, human resources, marketing, etc...)

The people who major in Accounting and want to be accountants or financial advisors seem to get jobs. The people who focus on Healthcare Management seem to get jobs within insurance companies and hospitals. Other than that, it depends on what you want to do and what's available in your area.

I have a BA business adming emphasis accounting. That got me a job with an accounting firm.

Overall, I would say that if you pursue a business degree, you have to know what you want to do with it, and focus the degree accordingly. See which firms interview on campus, what specialties they require to grant the interviews, and what percentage of graduates get jobs through the on campus interview process. I think the person above who said the jobs seem to fall to accounting and healthcare management students probably hit it right on the head.

The world is litered with people who have marketing and international business degrees but aren't working at jobs that have anything at all to do with marketing or international business.

I also have a masters degree, but I pursued that at night, after I started working. The masters is more about making sure you don't hit a career ceiling than getting hired in the first place, in my experience. Unless it's from one of the big schools, perhaps, and you want to get into investment banking in NYC or the like.

If you're not suited for the typical suit-and-tie corporate environment, then a business degree probably is worthless for you. I wouldn't say they're worthless in *general* though.