“I would remove most science degrees unless you want to get a PhD.”
You can get BA in Physics (which requires a good math background) and be employed as a programmer. Or you can invest a couple of years more to get your PhD and become a data scientist, among other career choices.
Understood, but there are so many programmers now with low pay or out of work due to competition it's not worth the effort. A Ph.D in computer science pays the best, but there is no guarantee since so many foreigners are using our universities to compete with us and then take their education back to their nations or origin.