I imagine that is a state-by-state thing. I don’t know whether Virginia requires an education degree. I think they do. I know that people who quit working where I work to go into teaching went back to college to get an education masters degree, don’t know if that was required, or just the best way to get into the job market.
My daughter is hitting all the “right” notes. She’s double-majoring in Criminal Justice and English, she was going to minor in psychology, and then get a masters in education. She understands she won’t be making much money that way.
She could have done science, but she simply doesn’t like it, even though she was pretty good at it.
My son fell in love with chemistry. We’ll see how THAT job market works out.
Still, I think and keep telling them that it’s not just what degree you get, but also how well you do getting it, and then how well you can work once you land a job.
A good friend of mine is a Chemistry PhD who used to work for Thiokol Corp, the company who make the solid rocket boosters for the space shuttle. He has taught college and is an expert in polymer chemistry.
He recently went back to school for mechanical engineering because Obambi gutted NASA, space shuttle is dead and he couldn't get any other work. Now that he has a BS in ME, he has a pretty good chance to find employment.
YMMV
Very little of what she will do will pertain to what her courses are doing. She needs to make sure she has the skills of doing stuff when she gets out over and above what they actually teach her.