<p>I know that Stats is a division branched off from Mathematics, but some schools (actually quite a few) offer a separate major for statistics.</p>
<p>I'll be majoring in Economics with concentration in econometrics, but having heard that employers look for candidates with strong quantitave skill, I decided to double major that pertains to high numerical analysis skill development, and the two choices of major I ended up were Mathematics and Statistics.</p>
<p>Would majoring in either one be good enough for me? Or will majoring in one look better than the other?</p>
<p>Depends on what you want to do really, but a double major in econ and math would look good to employers and would be interesting. This is of course, dependent on what school you are going to (or will be going to).</p>
<p>Depending on where I get accepted (I'm a transfer student and I get my result by the end of April), I'll probably attend one of Berkeley, UCLA, or UC San Diego.</p>
<p>If you plan on doing graduate work in economics, math major (or at least significant coursework) is pretty much a prerequisite. If you can handle advanced math, major in math.</p>
<p>As an economist in training, so to speak, I'd recommend a pure math track with courses in measure theory, probability, and a high-level mathematical statistics course or two.</p>
<p>math, if you can handle it. If you want to go into industry don't bother yourself with hard theory (analysis, abstract algebra, topology, etc) and instead focus on applied math.</p>
<p>At Berkeley (one of the school's that the OP is looking at), the applied math major is nearly the same as the pure math major: a course in analysis, complex analysis, abstract algebra, upper division linear algebra, numerical analysis, and then three applied electives.
The statistics major, on the other hand, seems to put far less of an emphasis on rigor. While there is a "math" track for the major, in which one would take analysis, linear algebra, etc, its not necessary.
So while the math major, or the statistics major with the math track makes sense for (academic) graduate school, would the normal track really make a difference in terms of employment opportunities? I can't really imagine any jobs industry jobs that use analysis, and if they use something like PDE's, I wouldn't imagine any firms trusting someone with just a bachelor's degree.</p>