<p>To add to UCBalumnus’ comment about college-level economics. Economics concentrations in general include several statistics and/or math courses. At some colleges the math/stats demands are heavier than others. My son majored in economics in one of the more math-oriented programs. That major required 7 econ theory-oriented courses and 6 stats/econometrics courses – in a quarter system. For this and other reasons, I also recommend that your son plan to take AP Stats in high school. This course used to be regarded as a filler once students had exhausted the standard series. Now, however, I think statistics and applied math is gaining a certain currency because of the greatly burgeoning interest in “big data” in many areas (business, science, sports, etc.). I would add that it could be useful for your son to take at least one course in coding (“programming”), or teach himself how to do it.</p>