help me choose a major? (please (pretty please (pretty please with a cherry on top)))

im going to college next fall!

i really like ranking and comparing things and looking at the context around stuff, so i'm interested in majoring in statistics. i like looking at data and charts. for example, recently i've been looking at different majors on my school's website even ones i'm not considering at all and comparing their unemployment rates and thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of each major. i also like looking at basketball stats even though i don't watch or play basketball and i used to be into powerscaling and for as long as i can remember i've been ranking and comparing stuff i'm into. i also like thinking about the logic behind decisions and why things and people are the way they are and hypothetical situations and i feel like that might be relevant

i also like economics because it involves statistics and its about how people make decisions and why they make decisions and i think id like that because i think about why people like the things they like a lot. i wanted to study psychology from middle school to the end of junior year but dont want to go to grad school and economics is kind of like psych in a way. i also think id be a lot more engaged on a class to class basis compared to if i majored in stats bc i'd be learning about theories involving people whereas if i majored in stats id just be studying math and i feel like id be detached from what im doing a lot more and feel less naturally interested and i usually pay more attention in classes like history which involve actual people

i also like how both are versatile and dont limit you to a specific career path.

however, both have high unemployment rates within six months after college, with econ having a 20.4% unemployment rate for the class of 2025 and 38.7% from the class of 2020 to 2025 while stats has a 35.3% unemployment rate for 2025 and 32.1% unemployment rate overall

econ is also mostly theory-based so whatever id be learning in class for the most part wouldnt be related to whatever i actually do in my job afterwards. learning theory would be more engaging than technical stuff and i dont need to learn the technical stuff in class, but if im paying for class i want it to be for stuff ill actually use in my career and not just theory. i also assume most of what i learn for stats if i major in that would be overkill for whatever my job is since i dont want to be a statistician since i dont want to go to grad school, and i also dont like coding. ik ill take coding classes or learn a language at some point whatever i do but data analysis seems to be the most common job for stats majors with just a bachelors and thats all coding

construction management is the only major at my college that doesnt require some special competitive transfer process thatll postpone how long i graduate just so i can take prerequisite classes over several semesters to apply to a major i dont know ill like and also pays well and has a low unemployment rate (2.6% for 2025 and 4.8% overall). the website also claims a one hundred percent job placement rate. i feel like some of what i said about why im interested in stats overlaps with construction management and it seems the safest from automation. the classes also seem the most relevant to what ill actually do in my job so i wont feel like ill be wasting my time. i also like the idea of contributing to something that actually tangibly exists, but tbh idk if thats true or just in theory bc i dont have that inherent desire and theres nothing i can think of as evidence to support that. i dont very specifically want to do construction management, but i also dont have any reason to think id dislike it or be completely uninterested. however, its also difficult for me to imagine myself in it and doing something related to construction as a career, but that might just be because i dont know much about it. i think its the most limiting since other majors can do construction management including econ and stats, but what ill actually be doing in class will help me in my job more than whatever ill be doing in stats or econ. i dont like telling people what to do, but idk if i actively dislike it or just have low self esteem or if its something i can just get over.

the way the courses are sequenced mean that ill need a minimum of seven semesters to get my major requirements, while for econ and stat itd take only five since i have 36-38 credit hours coming into college and theyre less credit heavy and i dont like the idea of spending more time and money upon something im less interested in and i can hypothetically get a job in construction management regardless of what i major in. construction

i dont think salary should be a major concern? construction management and stats are tied for median salaries from the same survey i was citing unemployment rates at $70k while econ has a median salary of $65k

if i major in econ could probably minor in something while not going to college for more semesters but the same isnt true for construction management or stats

i dont think id be strongly interested economics or statistics in class even if ill probably be a good bit more interested in them compared to construction management but i feel like a big part of choosing your major should be about what you can see yourself most likely going to class for every class and paying attention

ik theres a not small chance regardless of what i do ill change my major anyway but id like to make up my mind now since very few of the classes between all three overlap and i dont wanna spend time and money doing classes taking classes thatll end up not contributing anything to my major

im also vaguely considering advertising bc its in the liberal arts college at my university which doesnt charge extra fees every semester and it has the lowest unemployment rate out of the majors there and i feel like what i said about econ and psych overlaps with advertising but ive never heard a good thing about advertising as a major besides being easy and i feel like i wouldnt like a major if it didnt make me put in a lot of effort and and like idk bro

i think i could romanticize majoring in statistics or economics but not construction management

idk if its relevant but i think itd be really cool to be a high level expert on a really niche topic

part of going to college is finding new people to surround yourself with so being around people i wanna be like might be a variable but probably not for major selection

no im not taking a gap year or doing a trade or going into healthcare or switching colleges or pursuing my secret nonexistent passion please answer the question