What should my college major be?

[Ashan D]

Hi,

I am a nursing student who is basically done with nursing, I used to have a passion for the profession but other life priorities have taken over and now I consider myself a business person. I am a successful commodity trader so a degree is no longer as important as before.

However I'm not going to drop out of school, that would be narrow minded. I know I still need a degree if for nothing else than as a backup. To put my schooling in alignment with my new goals I want a degree that will help me with my end plan of commercial real estate investment (I'm not a dreamer, I have saved close to $100,000 so far). I was planning on taking the CCIM classes for that end, but I still need a degree in something (my parents would kill me otherwise)

I'm considering the following options:

Real Estate
Finance
Accounting

I don't know if the real estate degree is worth it because Im taking the CCIM classes in the future. Also I have heard from other RE investors that the degree does not offer much practical knowledge for an investor. But what do I know, I haven't taken any RE courses, they could teach me much more than I could learn from my RE books and CCIM courses.

The Finance degree sounds interesting for understanding how finance works. If I went this route I would not have to spend extra time in school either because I meet all the prereqs already. So even if not practically useful, I get the degree/safety net with minimal fuss and am able to get serious with commercial investment that much faster.

Accounting has the obvious benefit of me being able to handle my own books. Then again as investors we try to delegate what we can to focus on what we most importantly need to handle (the A&D) so maybe this degree has limited use as well.

The finance degree can be finished the earliest, the real estate degree will require the most amount of time (that one is not even at my school so it'll require a significant change of plans)

What do you guys think is the best option?

Thanks!