<p>Hoping to get some advice; I am soon (hopefully) going to be returning to college and wondering what to major in. I am not purely looking for something to make money off of but I also don't want to pick a field that is near impossible to find a job in (salary doesnt matter much to me as long as it isn't minimum wage). Also, I may at some point go for a MS or other degree beyond a 2 year or so, but currently only plan to do a BA/BS program or something of that sort. I have always been interested in science and math, so was considering maybe going into engineering or some type of applied math, but i have heard that these fields are diffucult to find a job in with just a BS. Also considering chemistry, botany, or some type of computer sciences, not sure if these have a similar bias towards longer degrees. So in short, I'm looking for advice on what to choose that will A) get me a job semi-easily with a BS/BA and B) be atleast somewhat related to the interests I have given above. Any help is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>If you don’t like the job outlook in engineering, do yourself a favor and nix botany. Something that I didn’t know when I was a college student about stem fields is that graduate school is effectively a low paying job. You get stipends, health insurance, vacation and if you’re lucky, parking. The tuition gets paid by your department and eventually by your lab. It is quite a different beast than undergraduate. I don’t know if your fear of long training times stems from a discomfort with adding to student debt, but if that is the case, you can rest easy.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, Belevitt. I actually meant chemistry/botany/computer sciences as alternatives rather than additions to the first ideas. As for the longer degree, it’s because I plan to work full time while going to school and so only want to take a couple classes a semester, and going for a longer degree doing this seems like something i might not be able to hold my attention to for the time a longer degree would involve (like I said, maybe someday, but for now I’m hoping to just do a BA/BS). Thanks again for the feedback!</p>
<p>How many credits do you have so far?</p>
<p>What kind of classes have you taken and what were your grades?</p>
<p>Yes, you can get an engineering job with just a BS. Actually, it’s easier to get a job with just a BS.</p>