Going back to school?

Not a finance major fyi, but you’re 22, advance your education to make your resume more attractive.

Business Administration is a throwaway major. I would not recommend it-- no one would hire you for that and is simply a major that says "I completed college" which has value but is limited. Finance will at least teach you some useable skills. I majored in economics which also sounded nice but is really just a throwaway major. I landed in tech sales and make great money, might pivot to a non sales role in the next few years.

MBA will be a controversial topic but in my experience they are quite useless unless you attend a top 20 school. It's far more valuable for creating a network and opening doors through the school's recruiting efforts than the actual education. If you're considering an MBA at anything other than a top 20 program you'd be hard pressed to find real value. I can't tell you how many MBAs from Random State University who have worked in the exact same jobs as me with just a bachelor's.

I strongly urge you to go finish school with a degree like finance because it sounds like you've already seen that some jobs arbitrarily require a degree and that could limit you down the road. The only time it becomes ROI negative is when people have no path to employment and take their time and waste money.

If you're doing online, can you keep working while going to school? If so, super clear choice.

They will pay for a certain amt based on grades but have to stay with company for a certain amount of time after completion and not sure I'm gonna stay there after finishing education. I'm already wanting to find another job because the job I am doing actually has nothing to do with banking oddly enough.

The MBA decision is irrelevant to the decision at hand. Go get your bachelors.

What career path do you foresee yourself going down?

If you’re going to remain white collar, get a degree in finance, accounting, some sort of engineering or IT. I’m an IT major, but all of my hobbies are blue collar. If I could do it all again, I’d go with civil or electrical engineering. Or I’d go to a trade school with the end goal of owning my own shop.

I wouldn't go back for a business degree.

Accounting is valuable, but the rest...

I personally think an MBA is pointless too, you learn more in the field but I either need to get an MBA or MHA in the next few years. I just need to check a box though, I am not going to "learn" just going to fit a regulatory checkbox of requiring a masters or higher for what I plan on doing.

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What if the MBA is free

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Free MBA is nice, and from my understanding actually valuable in the engineering field as one would actually stand out. I was looking at it from a business school standpoint.

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I think I would like to be in a consultant type role. Maybe M&A?

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That’s going to be a difficult landing spot from an online state school. If that’s the desire then you absolutely need to major in Finance or Accounting and your grades should be excellent (3.8+).

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I think I would like to be in a consultant type role. Maybe M&A?

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Just know that those roles recruit heavily based on GPA out of college. Also it relies heavily on networking when you're coming out of a non-target school, and if you're referring to Miss St you're facing a real uphill battle. It's something you'll need to start planning for from day one.

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