<p>SF state offers stats with emphasis in economics, which is what i'm interested in. I'm only interested in their Physics B.A. , because I love physics but not sure i could handle it at the B.S level. </p>
<p>So assuming the same amount of interest for both, which has greater job prospects? And can i teach high school or middle school with the stats (emphasis in econ) B.S degree? Looking at the curriculum, it's more like an applied stats degree, but SF state doesn't call it so.</p>
<p>Statistics with economics emphasis is probably aimed at actuarial careers. See [Be</a> an Actuary](<a href=“http://www.beanactuary.com%5DBe”>http://www.beanactuary.com) for more information.</p>
<p>Assuming that I stop after my undergrad studies, which of the two degrees is better for employment?</p>
<p>I’ve done some research as I intend to major in physics very soon. From what I’ve heard, a bachelors in physics, BA or BS, isn’t too great for finding jobs. I suspect that statistics with economics emphasis will be a much better choice if employment is your goal, as it is much more applicable than physics.</p>
<p>Minoring in physics could be an option if physics interest you but isn’t your passion.</p>
<p>I’d have to second playoff’s thought.</p>
<p>Thank you very much, playoff and econcalc! :D</p>
<p>how about applied physics vs applied stats (with emphasis in econ)? stats still wins in terms of employment prospects? I guess the applied physics majors would be competing with the engineers…</p>
<p>Actually I’ve been researching this lately for my son. While there are routes to go with a physics bachelor’s, you would most likely have better success with graduate school then going on to a career.</p>
<p>I have seen comments on cc that you can’t go on to an MS in MechEng or EE etc without substantial additional engineering courses, and at least with the graduate schools I checked with that is not the case. A local college offers a BS in Applied Physics (yes different from the straight physics track, but only by three courses) and you can get directly into a masters in engineering school from there. They have posting of graduates who have done so.</p>
<p>You can also possibly go on to law or medical school, but law offers difficult job prospects nowadays and medical you still need a high GPA to get in even though the degree would be physics and is harder than most. </p>
<p>I hope that helps.</p>
<p>I should clarify that it all depends of course on the specific college and the courses you take and which area of engineering you are targeting- what I am trying to get at is that it is not always the case that you have to take extra courses, or many of them.</p>
<p>Physics is a “better” science major in terms of job prospects compared to most science disciplines, and it’s very applicable in may different sectors. (Businesses occasionally hire physics majors, labs, sometimes engineering, etc.) As far as I know they are more well-employed than biology or chemistry majors, but something like statistics & econ would probably give you a BETTER outcome at the undergrad level.</p>
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<p>Oh thank you very much! 
That helped a lot </p>
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It does :)</p>