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by sandrogiraldo

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I am pursuing a BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION degree in COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS at Baruch College in NYC.
Recently I was discussing with a friend on which degree would be more attractive to companies in the long run, BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.
I am kind of confused as to whether I should pursue a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems. Which one would you think would be more attractive and profitable in the next 10 years or more?
Thanks for your time,

Sandro
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by ebob

As with "almost" everything in life: it depends.

My guess (and note that I am pretty much "pure nerd", and quite old, too) is that the BBA would help you get into more interviews in the lairs of the Capitalists, er, I mean, in "Businesses". The interviewers, at least in the eraly stages, are almost always Accountants or wannabe Accountants, so the BBA would seem "friendlier" to them.

Just my $.02

by joanrrosenberg

Check out the difference in the coursework. The BS is more specialized and more technical. Are you on a science-track or business track? Someone with a heavy tech background but who can also do business analysis is rare. Maybe you can do both withan extra course or two during the summer. If you are leaning to business, stay with the BBA. If you like to do technical stuff, go with the BS

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