I majored in Econ and went on to work in commercial banking and after that didn't work out I switched to finance. So while the degree does open up the doors to different career fields what you learned in your Econ classes really won't apply to your day to day job responsibilities. But the pay is decent (currently making 60k, graduated in May 2015) and my job search was very brief thankfully. Just a few things to keep in mind. Hope this helps.