Question for those in the business field -- Is a MBA really important?

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Originally Posted by SECdomination

I don't know what your undergrad degree is, but I almost have to go to grad school now. I'll graduate with a B.S. in "Food & Resource Economics". When I go to career showcases and the like, none of the recruiters understand what my degree is. Most of them work in the HR department of their firm and insist on telling me that they are only looking for Finance and Economics majors.

I think a year of MBA classes would probably be easier than explaining what Food & Resource Economics is to every representative I meet. Two of my Dad's friends graduated with the same degree from Florida- one is a BOA branch manager, and the other sells insurance for State Farm- and both of them told me I should go to grad school FOR SURE because they wish they had. And since I'm an economics major, I'd guess that they'd say that for the other business majors too.

Also, $85,000 sounds pricey to me, too.

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/adm...nance/cost.cfm
Wharton is $71k yearly

http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/aboutstern/
interestingly enough, Stern is cheaper at $40K yearly (perhaps they didnt factor in housing costs?)

http://www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/costsummary.html
HBS is $77k yearly

http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admiss...d/tuition.html
Tuck (Dartmouth) is $70K yearly

http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/mba/lea...ition/expenses
Columbia is $74K yearly

so umm yeah. not off the mark by that much.