Best university degrees for IM?

I was about to post what Alexa said. If your plan is to be self-employed in IM then I think a general arts degree would be best.

A business degree prepares you for a job in business. Having that piece of paper is an important part of your resume.

In a general arts degree you can choose some business courses that are of interest. But your writing, research and critical thinking will get much more development from a more general degree.

If you want to go more hard-core business. You can do that as a post-graduate degree like an MBA. There are a lot of intense business degrees and programs that are aimed a supplementing an existing degree in another field.

Mahlon

First of all, why do you need to go to university? Make sure it's because higher education is something you're passionate about and want to do, and not something you feel like you're required to do. You can spend far less money and get a far better education without going to university.

That being said, I'm one semester away from graduating with a university degree, but I've kept in mind the entire time that this isn't because I "need" to go. The entire degree has been because I wanted to do it, and that changes your perspective on it endlessly.

Balancing online business with schoolwork is going to be harder than you think, and when you find yourself choosing between work that you're paying to do and work that you're being paid to do, if you're not doing it because you love it, it will stress you out and drain you.

Now, if you're still determined to do a degree because you want to, great.

This post is the one you need to reread.

I've found my English degree tremendously valuable, but only because I've put a lot of work into it in order to use the feedback I've received to improve my writing and critical thinking skills. My articles have improved, my editing has improved, my research has definitely improved, my focus has improved... you name it.

All degrees are supposed to teach you this, but some schools really don't. In my school, whenever business students happen to be in one of my non-business classes, they're often clueless about how to make a good argument, write a great paper, or even research sources. YMMV depending on your school of choice.

But make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. As many have pointed out, you don't need a degree, and I certainly feel like I could have made tremendous strides in my business during the four years I've had to downsize or limit it in order to succeed at schoolwork. I couldn't be dissuaded before this degree, but maybe you're more sensible than I was.

You wouldn't be slightly biased in saying that writing is the most important skill now, would you?

This is very true. The ability to create awesome and badass content for your audience is a very precious skill that will bring you profits for years to come with a lot less work.

And if my passion is internet marketing? :p

Because if you do need a real job for a bit, no one will give any credit to it.

What part of IM are you most interested in?