<p>My son is in a top 20 university. He is planning in double majors of Economy and Public health. Anyone knows how is job market in the fields he is interested? And do those two majors help each other?</p>
<p>Thanks </p>
<p>He needs to check with the respective departments on their placement of grads. You can check online for whatever information is posted by each department. He needs to discuss with his advisor. Please note that once students enter college they very often change their majors based on new knowledge and experiences. Don’t worry at this point. Your son will discover his path.</p>
<p>Do you mean “Economics”?</p>
<p>Lol @ college advisors.</p>
<p>It’s all about the internships he gets, not so much his major. If he’s interested in something business related he should take practical courses like accounting, corporate finance, marketing, biz dev, etc etc. Public health is a good way to land a desk job at Doctors Without Borders, so no, they don’t complement each other.</p>
<p>Source: Econ grad.</p>
<p>His university offers public health concentrated on Health Econ, which leads him to double majors. So, I thought those two are somehow related.</p>
<p>He should visit the career center, they will have info on where grads are going and MOST importantly, info on internships. Internships really help with having an attractive resume with some experience and also getting contacts and even offers for when you are job hunting.</p>
<p>That Major sounds like a single major Public Health with a concentration is not a double major. Sometimes double majors are just noise and confusion. You only really need one. Do a minor if you want. If this is one of the fancy Wharton degrees then likely he hit the jackpot.</p>
<p>This is a new curriculum that school just offered this year. They do not have students graduating with this degree yet. He has very little info about career path. However, He enjoys the classes a lot. Since only need a couple of more classes he can get double majors, he decides to go double majors. No, this is not a Wharton degree, He is in Vandy.</p>
<p>Public health is a good major, I think, though the people I know who studied this did so in grad school. Either way, the best major is the major that interests you the most. </p>