<p>Which major prepares undergrads more, either for employment or further schooling? This is all opinion-based, of course.</p>
<p>I should mention that I'm asking this for my sister - I have no knowledge of either major.</p>
<p>Neither. Both have abundant career and graduate school opportunities after graduation.</p>
<p>They are completely different subjects. While they do have relations, you aren’t comparing apples to apples. Engineering isnt going to prepare you for physics, and physics isn’t going to prepare you for engineering, but crossing disciplines in both these fields are common. As many have told me, if you want to do engineering, do engineering, and same for physics.</p>
<p>Physics is the study of the physical world.</p>
<p>Engineering is the solving of design problems using principles based on math and science.</p>
<p>Generally choose the major that best fits what you want to do. But note that actual physics jobs are not necessarily abundant; many physics graduates cross over into other employment like computers, finance, engineering, etc. (fortunately, these are often decently paying jobs).</p>
<p>Oops, I was thinking that they were more or less interchangeable in terms of material covered.</p>
<p>Is it true that students with science degrees usually end up becoming engineers in the “real world”(corporations)</p>
<p>Yes. But from what I hear, you shouldn’t take that as a way for you to major in physics and get an engineering job. You probably would have need to take some classes or have some engineering skills or do something to deserve that engineering position regardless of what professors say “You can always become an engineer.” So if you really want to be an engineer, major in engineering. But I am only in HS and am talking of what I have seen on other threads. There are plenty of wiser minds in these forums.</p>
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<p>Depends on which science. Physics graduates are most likely to cross into engineering, though only about a third of bachelor’s degree graduates in private sector employment do so. Biology graduates are much more numerous, but are much less likely to cross into engineering.</p>
<p>Physics employment statistics can be found here: [Statistical</a> Data](<a href=“http://www.aps.org/careers/statistics/]Statistical”>Statistics - AIP.ORG)</p>
<p>If your goal is to work in some type of engineering, major in that type of engineering. If your goal is to work in physics, major in physics, though you may want to throw in some elective engineering, computer science, or finance/economics courses to prepare for backup options.</p>