Hould graduate this year from my current school wiht a degree in HTM or transfer?

So basically the story is that I was attending Umass where I was on the soccer team, and going into my senior year while getting a degree in Hospitality Tourism Management (HTM). I basically originally wanted to major in Management or Finance, but since the business school there wouldn’t let me in even with a 3.5 GPA and the fact that I already was a junior I settled on majoring in HTM and right now I’m 9 classes away from graduating on time this year. Anyway, soccer sort of fell through with the coaches this year, and I have the opportunity to transfer into Rutgers at the last minute and I’ve already got accepted into the business school and can major in either Management or Finance and get a degree in business. The thing is I would have to go to school an extra year. So my situation basically is do I go back to Umass where all my friends are, it’s a fun school, and graduate on time with an HTM degree or do I go to Rutgers and get a business degree, but live at home and go to school for an extra year. The thing is I sort of know the smart thing to do is to go to Rutgers and get a better degree that will probably open up more opportunities for me, but at the same time I really want to go back to Umass and be around my friends and finish up after this year. The thing is I know HTM has a reputation for being kind of a joke degree, and I now I have an opportunity where only one more extra year of school may pay off in the long run. Any advice from anyone?

Public Comments

1. Your third option would be to get your Bachelor's in HTM from UMASS and then go after your MBA. It may take an extra two years of school (if you go to Rutgers you are planning for one extra year anyway but with no advanced degree), but in the long run you will have more opportunities with an advanced degree. Only you can decide which option is best for you. Good luck!
2. Do you have non loan financial aid at UMASS. I have to assume if you got dumped from the team, your not getting an athletic scholarship? If Rutgers is is giving you an athletic scholarship for this year and an option for next year well then thats a free degree at a better school in a more marketable field. Besides an extra year of school means and extra year of partying and college life, new friends, new romances, etc. Who says you have to live at home either you could just as easily live on campus since I assume your athletic grant would pay that. My only concern would be if for some reason you were not done at the end of the extra year because you only have 5 years (10 semesters of eligibility) so if you didn't graduate on time you couldn't do soccer.