Industrial engineering or accounting?
Choosing between these two paths forces a tradeoff between the heavier coursework of engineering and the fear of picking an easier major like accounting. Limited degree options in California, such as taking business administration or economics with an accounting minor, add confusion over whether those alternative degrees are worth pursuing.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Checking specific state CPA exam credit requirements
- 2Pursuing a business administration degree with a concentration or minor in accounting
- 3Looking into specific universities like USC or UCLA that offer specialized accounting or targeted economics programs
- 4Switching majors in college
- 5Transitioning out of accounting into alternative careers
- 6Seeking advice and opinions from online forums
- 7Researching professional reviews and asking people who have gone through the classes or are already working in the field.
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I live in california so there aren’t much schools that have a designated accounting degree here. It’s either business administration with a minor in accounting or economics with a minor in accounting.”source ↗
“I’ve heard business admin degrees are basically useless, would it be better to pursue an economics degree?”source ↗
“I am a college freshman looking to pick a major for myself- and I'm torn between accouning and nursing.”source ↗
“I'm looking to transition out of Accounting into something else (idk what it is yet) but definitely something more fulfilling”source ↗
“Hello, I'm planning on going into my first year of college. I have no clue what I'm actually going to major in but I've been bomarbed with a bunch of information about accounting.”source ↗
“The idea sounds like it's not terrible but I have heard many, many mixed reviews. So many people say it's decent money and then others say it's not worth it.”source ↗
“Should I do industrial engineering or accounting?”source ↗
“I am also wanting to choose accounting because of the light coursework, but I don’t wanna make it so that I am choosing an easy way out engineering scares me a lot because of all the classes I will be having to take”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 10Is teaching still a realistic option for me?