Can finance majors from average state colleges find good jobs? and IMF Managing Director with Finance Ministers from Americas

Can finance majors from average state colleges find good jobs?

I want to major in finance, but I people keep telling me you have to go to an ivy league or very high ranked school to get a job...is this true if I don't plan on going into investment banking?


Finance best answer:

Answer by ownpool
A finance major from an "average" state university should lead to a "good" job if you have top grades and good interpersonal skills.

Finance

IMF Managing Director with Finance Ministers from Americas


Image by International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C) during a group photo opportunity after the Third Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and Caribbean with (bottom row left to right) Alberto Vallarino, Finance Minister of Panama, Enrique Garcia, President Corporacion Andina de Fomento CAF, Vincente Bengoa, Finance Minister of the Dominican Republic, Dionisio Borda, Finance Minister of Paraguay, Oscar Zuluaga, Finance Minister of Colombia, Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Mercedes Araoz, Finance Minister of Peru, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, James Flaherty, Finance Minister of Canada, Ernesto Cordero, Finance Minister of Mexico, Alicia Barcena, Economic Commision for Latin America and Caribbean, Rossana Costas, Budget Director of Chile, Evelyn Bautista, Vice Minister of Credit and Public Investments of Honduras, Maria Dolores Almeida, General Sub Secretary of Finance of Ecuador, Nancy Lee, US Treasury Department, (top row left to right) Marcos Galvao, Secretary of International Affairs of Brazil, Nazim Burke, Finance Minister of Granada, Fernando Lorenzo, Finance Minister of Uruguay, Darcy Boyce, Finance Minister of Barbados, Alberto Jose Guevara, Finance Minister of Nicaragua, Juan Alberto Fuentes, Public Finance Minister of Guatemala, --not known--, Pamela Cox, Vice President for America and Caribbean at the World Bank, Roberto Feletti, Vice Minister of Economy and Public Finance of Argentina, Luis Alberto Arce, Finance Minister of Bolivia, Fernando Herrero, Finance Minister of Costa Rica, at the Marriott Hotel in Lima, Peru on May 27, 2010. IMF Staff Photographer/Thomas Dooley.

---

Orignal From: Can finance majors from average state colleges find good jobs? and IMF Managing Director with Finance Ministers from Americas