<p>Job prospects aren’t bad for all physics majors. There are applied fields of physics that actually have quite good job prospects but they usually require at least a masters. Three that come to mind are geophysics, medical physics, and accelerator physics. I am a senior physics major who is planning on getting a Ph.D. in seismology (but I hope to stay in academia).</p>
<p><a href=“How Hard Is It to Find a Job in Geophysics? - Career Trend”>http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/hard-job-geophysics-35702.html</a>
A plug for geophysics since that is what I’m doing :)</p>