<p>Because nothing is more useful in life than a rigorous background in critical thinking.</p>
<p>I’m sure this has been discussed plenty on the internet. If you can’t find it on Google, I’ll post more. But I’m sure you can.</p>
<p>If a pure math major can code and has people skills and a stats major can code and has people skills, the pure math major wins.
It’s just seen as a more difficult courseload and it’s therefore looked upon better.</p>
<p>And most pure math majors take courses in probability, econ, CS anyway. So it’s not one or the other.</p>