Master Data science vs Quantitative Finance

Major data science vs Quantitative Finance

Hi, I am currently studying the bachelor Econometrics in The Netherlands and next year I will need to choose a master to pursue. My main doubt is, as you can see from the title, between data science (which is a bit outside my bachelor) and quantitative finance.

On the one hand I may be a bit more interested in data science, but on the other hand I have the feeling that I will ‘throw away’ my Econometrics bachelor that is quite unique. From my point of view data science is followed by many people, also people from lower wage countries, while quantitative finance is a master that not many people follow.

That’s why I’m curious what other people think about this, will I be going the wrong path if I choose data science which is pursued by many students overall, should I stick to the specific field of quantitative finance or will it not matter?