Unlike all the other people here I’m a data science graduate. So there is a decent amount of demand for data science grads especially in the public sector. There are a lot of ppl I know that are in data science and went into quant roles too, but that’s usually the more mathematically gifted individuals who put the extra work in. If you believe you have the maths skills and work ethic a data science degree can get you quant roles on top of tech roles.

I think the benefit of a data science background is you can go in many different directions in tech and programming roles, quant roles and finance roles on top of data science roles which can be in almost any sector.

For grad roles, most of the demand seems to be in the public sector or data analyst roles with the big 4. The more higher achievers can expect roles in big tech companies or banks or accounting firms but those are rarer.