Why not move to Texas and get a job - any job - and, then, after the residency period runs, avoid out-of-state tuition? A & M is a very good choice. Accounting and statistics would be good in the job market. More than a handful of econ courses would be a complete waste.
BTW, petroleum engineers are in VERY high demand. The overall economy is going to tank. Engineers will swim; econ majors will mostly sink.
I would argue with you in that the B.A. econ majors will sink but us B.S. - Economics with strong backgrounds in calculus, diff eq, statistics, mathematical macro/micro will be in strong demand thanks to the field of Data Analysis.
The difference between a B.S. in Econ and a B.S. in engineering is the science that we learn. At my college, we have the same math requirements that engineers have we just take mathematical econ vs. physics/chemistry.
We’ve thought a lot about moving, but my husband has recently diagnosed with cancer (hopefully cancer free since surgery) and my 15 year old twin daughters have medical issues. One of them has a brain injury and the other has recently been diagnosed with a movement disorder like Parkinson’s called dystonia.
I can’t handle moving at this time.
My son is going to try to establish residency.
I wish I could convince him to go into petroleum engineering. My dad was and one of my brothers is in the oil & gas industry.
We’ve thought a lot about moving, but my husband has recently diagnosed with cancer (hopefully cancer free since surgery) and my 15 year old twin daughters have medical issues. One of them has a brain injury and the other has recently been diagnosed with a movement disorder like Parkinson’s called dystonia.
I can’t handle moving at this time.
My son is going to try to establish residency.
I wish I could convince him to go into petroleum engineering. My dad was and one of my brothers is in the oil & gas industry.