<p>For UCSB I got accepted for pre-financial mathematics, and for UCD I got accepted for chemical engineering. The net costs of attendance are similar. I like both majors but is a little more toward the one at UCSB, however it is not guaranteed that I will get into the major when I am admitted to the pre-major: <a href="http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/financebs.htm">http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/financebs.htm</a> (or that only applies if I do not complete the pre-major required courses?). I know UCD has a good chemical engineering program but I am unsure of the careers available when graduating from that major. Is there any major factors that I am missing/did not look at? (oh and UCSB has a beautiful campus, when UCD is a...farm. :D) </p>
<p>Which major are you more interested in?</p>
<p>You may want to check whether a 2.5 GPA is sufficient for admission to the financial math and statistics major at UCSB, or if it is merely the minimum eligibility into a competitive admission process. UCSB has chemical engineering, but it is a competitive admission process to change to it.</p>
<p>You can probably build a similar program of study at UCD around a math, statistics, or economics major with appropriate out-of-major electives.</p>
<p>OP, you need to do some research on chemE grads before you go down that road. I’m kind of surprised you haven’t already done so. The ones I know of are materials manufacturing, petroleum/natural gas extraction, pharmaceuticals, plastics, just about anything you could want to do with substances and machines. A great major for the person who enjoys chemistry, design, machinery, problem solving, and the practical application of knowledge. I know a chemE who runs his own very successful watershed re-engineering company.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus Thank you for pointing it out… I will go check right now!! 
@jkeil911 Thank you! I researched for the tasks a chemical engineer might be doing…and yes I did not do enough research apparently! </p>