<p>And I would still argue that no analytical field would give a person better skills to succeed than almost any other other analytical field. Regardless of the analytical field you are in, you are going to learn the same or similar problem solving and critical thinking skills, and “basic” advanced math and science. Beyond this, Physics will give you a different skillset than math, which is different than ME, which is different than EE, etc, etc. However, they are all going to give you the same foundational skills plus the few additional ones on top of that which are directly associated with the particular major.</p>
<p>Now here is my argument. Each of these majors is strong in some areas and weak in other areas that are all as important to future success, albeit varying somewhat depending on what field you want your future success to be in. Math majors are going to be much better at abstract concepts and thinking than the average engineer or physicist, but many of them will lack the level of practical knowledge that would be useful in the working world that is more common of engineers and physicist, which are really forms of applied math. Physics majors will be a little more practical, but not quite to the same degree as engineers, after all, engineering is applied physics. Engineers, in my experience, have a slight edge over physicists in their interpersonal skills, which is what would help set them on level ground with physicists, in my opinion.</p>
<p>So really, it seems to me that you really can’t go wrong in any of these fields. I feel like you could do just about any analytical field and have the same basic foundation of skills needed to succeed later. The major difference is that they all offer a slightly different, if roughly equal set of additional skills. If you look at the working world, it seems pretty evident to me. There really isn’t too much of a difference between the success of the analytically trained people as entrepreneurs or businessmen, regardless of field. You might argue that engineers hold the edge there, but that is most likely just because there are a greater number of engineers who want to branch out than there are physicists and mathematicians.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Major in what you want to major in. Major in what fits your personality. It really makes no difference on future success. The bigger difference would be in choosing a major based on a perceived potential for success, and ending up doing a job you hate.</p>