Is a double major in biology and economics useful?

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I'm currently a freshman at UPenn, and am on track for a biology major. Over the course of the year I've also been taking economics and math courses to fulfill requirements and because I enjoy them. I have also found that I really like economics (as well as biology). Getting the second major in Econ would be fairly easy since I have a bunch of the courses out of the way. My question is, is there any use for my double major career-wise? I don't think I want to be a researcher, so I was thinking more along the lines of doing finance for a bio-related company or something like that. Does anybody know if opportunities like that exist for bio + econ?
 
Yes, yes and yes. Combine that knowledge with an MPH (master of public health) and you will be a golden asset to many companies. That is a very useful combination of majors not only because it would help you work on many company projects involving healthcare and economics, but also because it widens your scope of potential employment (or admission to a graduate program) out of undergrad. We'll need lots of economists in the future -- if you keep your grades up I'm sure a company wouldn't hesitate to recruit your knowledge base.

Good luck! I'm sure you're smart because you're at UPenn.
 
It can't hurt, maybe some sort of green-collar job... People should disabuse themselves of the idea that one's major has any influence on their career anyway.
 
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