1. HOW YOUR BUSINESS DEGREE CAN MAKE YOU $$$
Know now, so you don’t pay later!

2. OVERVIEW ALL ABOUT THE BUSINESS MAJOR BUSINESS VS. ECONOMICS
TAKING APPROPRIATE CLASSES
MAKE YOURSELF STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD
CAREER INFORMATION

3. BUSINESS : THE MOST POPULAR MAJOR
WEALTH OF PROGRAMS BUT ALSO A WEALTH OF COMPETITION
NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS found that over 364,000 business majors graduated in Business was the most common field of study for every racial and ethnic group.

4. THE SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST EARNERS DATA FROM PAYSCALE
School Name
Early Career Median Pay
Mid-Career Median Pay
U.C.-Berkeley
$75,000
$136,000
Georgetown University
$63,300
Santa Clara University
$70,500
$124,000
Georgia Tech
$60,200
$122,000
Babson College
$58,500
SUNY - Albany
$44,800
University of Pennsylvania
$72,200
$121,000
Notre Dame
$67,700
Loyola University (MD)
$56,500
Southern Methodist University
$58,000
$120,000

5. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ECON AND BUSINESS

6. CLASSES TO PREPARE YOU FOR BUSINESS
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Single variable calculus (one-year sequence) Note: Students are encouraged to take the STEM version but some UC business administration programs may allow non-STEM calculus. Please check individual campus links.
Statistics
Introduction to business (including finance)
Financial accounting
Managerial accounting
English reading and composition (2 courses)
TIP: FINISHING THESE EARLY MAKES YOU MORE COMPETITIVE

7. CLASSES TO PREPARE YOU FOR ECONOMICS
Microeconomics (one course)
Macroeconomics (one course)
Single variable calculus (one-year sequence) Note: Students are encouraged to take the single variable calculus sequence for STEM majors to keep their options as open as possible for undergraduate and graduate school alternatives.

8. PROGRAMS AT THE UC – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
UC BERKELEY – Business Administration B.S.
UC IRVINE- Business Administration B.A.
UC RIVERSIDE – Business Administration B.S. (TAG 3.2 GPA)

9. PROGRAMS AT THE UC- RELATED MAJORS
UC SANTA CRUZ - Business Management Economics B.A.
UC MERCED -Management and Business Economics B.S. (TAG 2.8 GPA)-
Econ 1 & 2 ; math 7
UC DAVIS- Managerial Economics B.S. – Housed in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (TAG 3.2 GPA)
UC LOS ANGELES- Business Economics B.A.

10. Undergraduate Class HAAS - Entering Fall 2018
*1183 applicants did not show planned completion of the admission requirements and were considered ineligible. Of the 736 eligible applicants, 104 (14.13%) were offered admission. 
UC Berkeley Students
Transfer Students
Applications Received
840
1919
Eligible Applicants
N/A
736*
Offers of Admission
269
104
Entering Class Size
267 92
Average GPA
3.68
3.87
Middle 80% GPA Range
Average Age 20 23
Age Range
19-23
18-57
Underrepresented Minorities
12.36%
20.65%
Women
50.19%
50.00%

11. Haas Supplement by January 31st
The Supplement includes a self-reported academic record, additional essay question and resume
Applicants who fail to submit a complete Haas Supplement by the January 31st deadline will be denied

12. Private Institutions –Business Degrees
LMU – Must complete math 28 with a B or higher
TAG with a minimum of 30 transferable units and a 3.5 GPA while attending school full-time
USC – Business Calculus or Calculus
Non-business majors can also take up to 20 units of Business/Accounting coursework
Can minor in business and related fields
Pepperdine -Business Administration –math 28
Accounting -International Business -Contract-design own program

13. TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SCHOOL
UC and CSU
Articulation agreements with other colleges Pages/GE-Patterns-and-Agreements-with-Other-Universities.aspx
Examples for non articulated colleges aid/preparing-for-admission/transfer-admission/wharton-school- transfer
students/Pages/application-requirements.aspx

14. HOW TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD
HAVE A SPECIALIZATION
INTERNSHIPS AND WORK EXPERIENCE
SUMMER PROGRAMS AND INVOLVEMENT
TAKE CODING/PROGRAMMING CLASSES

15. BASE –SUMMER PROGRAM AT UCB
3 COURSES AT UCB IN HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT INDUSTRIES AND NETWORK WITH PROFESSIONALS
DESIGNED FOR CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENTS OR STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY GRADUATED
$9,500

16. STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD
“A study by the Brookings Institution analyzed the market value of the 25 most commonly cited skills listed by alumni of each college in their LinkedIn profiles. It demonstrated that skill development, not your undergraduate major or the college you choose, is most critical to your earnings potential” (Washington Post, 2017).

17. YOU DON’T NEED A BACHELOR’S IN BUSINESS
GMAT- Graduate Management Admission Test
APPLICATIONS TO MBA PROGRAMS ARE DECLINING