> If your undergrad is not in business, then the accounting and finance training alone is worth it I think this is valid, but there is also another option. In

> If your undergrad is not in business, then the accounting and finance training alone is worth it I think this is valid, but there is also another option. In my 4th year engineering (my Masters) I took 3/8 of my courses outside the engineering school: Accounting & Finance; Operations Research, Entrepreneurship. I am extremely glad I took Accounting & Finance and Operations Research - I would highly recommend Accounting and Finance to any undergraduate who thinks they may work in management at some point in their career. The Entrepreneurship was very dry, and I can't remember a single thing that I learned there. The two scenarios I see as valid for doing an MBA: 1. A lifestyle choice (albeit a very expensive one) 2. To get an opening into consulting / banking if you don't already have a background in it (though there are other ways to do this too). Having worked with many MBA hires in consulting I would say the value of the MBA is putting oneself in the pond from which consulting companies fish, and much less so teaching the skills that consultants need. If I was to go back to academia, it would be for a PhD for sure.