Accounting, Finance, or Econ? Which would you recommend?

Curious as to see what people here would rather go for. I'm about 90% sure im transferring schools to St John, and as such am looking into degree programs. Which would you guys do. For those with degrees in these majors, whats it like (school wise and work wise).

For the record, im leaning towards Accounting. Just seeing what others might have to say.

 

Economics all day err day.

 

What do you want to do for a living?

 

Finance or accounting

 

Option 4, something interesting.

 

I would go with accounting, because I believe there will always be a need for accountants. On top of that accounting is pretty fun, at least it was at the 100/200 level.

 

Finance then follow up with MBA

 

Finance, seriously.

 

This. There are far more interesting subjects to study.

 

Finance, it could be broaden up to more in future because it's pretty general. Accounting will be just Accounting.

 

Whatever is good for you. They're all solid majors. You may be leaning towards accounting now but most people tend to stray away from it after the first 2 classes.

 

Really depends on what you're good at and what you would like to do for a living. It should be relatively easy to find a job as a run of the mill accountant, but I rarely hear of anyone saying that it's rewarding work. Finance has the highest ceiling probably in terms of the amount of revenue you can make, provided you're better than average. Economics gives you a wealth of opportunities, but I'd say it's probably also the most challenging (I myself studied economics up through the graduate level).

 

What do you want to do as a career? Whatever it is, just look on monster.com or somewhere and see which degree they want and there's your answer.

I can't see accounting as a very fun job, but to each their own. If that's what you want to do, then go for that. From what I've heard it's easy to get into that field and have solid job security.

 

I don't know what your ambitions are but this is my five cent advice

Finances = usually higher pay

Accounting = best for job stability and chances at getting a job

Econ = Academia. If you are fueled by theory, research and analysis, then choose this.

 

thanks for the input guys. ideally, id like to work in the front offices of ANY local team. realistically, id want to find a job that pays well and offers stability. econ doesnt seem like something id want to do since i really hate implied theories and i dont think id be entering academia. which makes it a toss up between accounting and finance.

just trying to gauge what options id have after getting a degree

 

Finance.

 

LOL you have no idea. Once you hit corporate tax and the intermediate and advanced courses of financial accounting, the fun stops at the lecture room door. Accounting courses beyond first-year are incredibly challenging.

The stigma of accounting being dry, repetitive work is 100% true. Many people in my school switch to finance because they can't handle the dullness presented to them in accounting classes.

Finance = more risk but more rewards (though fewer jobs)
Accounting = less risk, more stability, and more areas of employment (but boring)

My advice is to major in both finance and accounting and decide upon graduation to pursue either the CPA or CFA designation.