<p>Hey guys I am planning to switch majors, I want to switch to a science major that has potential of success after college and was wondering if Hydrologic Science and Policy is a good major to switch to. I'm worried about the job outlook on this major. Is this an in demand major,how is the job outlook for it, and what careers can I expect out of it? Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Depending on whats involved for the major you could get into the industry(oil & gas) with regards to hydraulic fracturing. Fracking is growing at a seemingly exponential rate right now. Many industry companies tend to prefer people with a masters however.</p>
<p>Ive never even heard of that major. A better bet would be chemical engineering or petroleum engineering or even chem/bio.</p>
<p>Really just stick to the road more traveled when it comes to majors, dont do something weird like Russian studies, hydrology, etc. UNLESS its your passion.</p>
<p>Please stay away from bio or chem unless you want to get a professional degree/grad school. The latter is also unfortunately plagued by a glut of PhD graduates, and jobs in academia are limited (unless you want employment in industry).</p>
<p>Environmental Engineering may suit you. There is a lot involved with water management in their jobs. </p>
<p>I would stay away from the Hydrology Science and Policy major and go for something in engineering or geology. It all depends on what your end game is. Do you want to deal with remediation/production of ground water? Or, do you want to deal with surface water runoff, dams, coastal erosion? </p>
<p>Try and figure out what you want the degree for and how you would apply it. For remediation and groundwater, you could look into both engineering and geology (hydrogeology). I don’t know off the top of my head, but an engineer and hydrogeologist (masters required) will not have a huge pay discrepancy in this field. However, the engineer may have more mobility to other fields. At my current school (geology grad student), most of the “water” people get sucked up by oil and gas operators before they even have a chance to enter the water business. However, the university offered a Water Management for Oil and Gas course and the service companies were extremely interested in students who took the course.</p>
<p>For more of the surface water hydrology stuff, I would probably stick with engineering. Geology plays a huge role, but having that PE makes a difference. I know a few companies, where I am from that hire geologists to deal with erosion, coastal restoration, etc. Also, fewer geologists work on large scale river diversions. </p>
<p>P.S. I have very limit background in hydrogeology. </p>