<p>Hello, everyone. </p>
<p>Different forms of this question have been asked before but not in the way I am asking. I am a junior-level math major and my current minor is Biology. Biology is my passion and it would have been my major but no schools in my vicinity offered it as a major and I didn't want to end up as a lab tech anyways. So, I am taking it as my minor. I have never made less than an A in any of my math or bio classes. I have worked extremely hard to maintain a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>However, is this a wise move for a career? My future plans are to obtain a Masters. I would love to work in the realm of biostatistics or any field that blends math and biology. But if prospects are slim, I would rather change my plan now. Should I instead be focusing on economics, finance, statistics, and computer science electives? </p>
<p>To state it bluntly, I would like to be earning six figures at the median level of my career after obtaining my masters. If going pure math with bio minor is a poor choice to obtain these goals, please let me know. I will be talking to my advisor soon and would like to have some information and ideas in hand.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>You probably want to take statistics and/or CS electives anyway if you are looking at jobs in biostatistics or computational biology. Economics and finance electives would be if you want to work in those areas.</p>
<p>Fantastic- thank you. I will have a total of 6-9 hours worth of Statistics electives and 6 hours of CS electives at least by the time I graduate. Possibly up to 12. I currently have nothing planned in the way of finance/econ, though.</p>
<p>I’m hoping my math major, bio minor, and some electives in Stats/CS will help me be marketable. </p>
<p>So leaving them as electives is fine then and I shouldn’t worry about making any of them an official major and booting bio (is what I took away from your comment?).</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>You wouldn’t necessarily have to have a minor in any of these other subjects (including biology).</p>
<p>You can take a look at some of the career surveys here:
<a href=“University Graduate Career Surveys - #69 by ucbalumnus - Career Opportunities & Internships - College Confidential Forums”>University Graduate Career Surveys - #69 by ucbalumnus - Career Opportunities & Internships - College Confidential Forums;
Those which list job titles and employers may be more valuable in seeing what kind of jobs math major graduates tend to get.</p>