Stay out of teaching unless you absolutely want to be a teacher. I got into it when I graduated college at the ripe old age of 21 just because I wanted a job where I would put to use that B.S. degree I had literally sat through class to get. I went through an alternative licensure path which was really easy. Teaching in itself is ok. I've taught others in the workplace, trained new officers and EMTs, and I liked teaching kids one on one. I think everybody enjoys teaching others how to do stuff, but the bull***t involved with being a classroom teacher is atrocious. That's a whole other rant of its own. I have people ask me all the time for advice about becoming an educator. I tell them to stay the hell away and send their kids to private school.
That said, there are a multitude of other health professions you can go into. Even some of the tech jobs get paid a lot so you can live comfortably no matter what you do. There's also graduate school. Industrial lab jobs. I was offered one once in a chemical plant, and it paid a lot so I interviewed, looked around, and was offered the job. I just would've literally gone nuts spending my day measuring out stuff. Also, everybody that worked out there smelled like chlorine all the time. Even the interior of their cars. I grew up around chemical plants. Nasty. It may explain my third ear though. JK
Of course, like most college grads you will likely end up doing something unrelated to your degree. I got out of teaching and became a local cop. It was great, but I wanted a little more diversity so I moved to the state level and got into a hybrid administration/enforcement role. I didn't really have to have a degree for the first badge job, but I got paid more for it. The state job needed it, but no certain major was required.
You'll find after you get out of college for a bit the degree won't really be a big deal anymore. It quickly goes from the top of your resume to the bottom. You'll slip it in a drawer somewhere, or you may put it on the wall. I don't really do wall decorations to lessen what I have to dust, but it's cool either way.
When I was in college I spent probably three months of my life (if you consolidated all the time) typing into Yahoo "careers for ___________ majors." For the majority of majors there is no one job. The fact is you just do what interests you, or you do what you have to. I ran into a pimply faced kid the other day running a track hoe. We got to talking, and he pulled his check stub out of his wallet. He made $2.00 more an hour than me, lol, but he didn't have retirement or insurance although he'd never had anyone shoot at him either. I wouldn't mind digging holes some days for that.
On SDN you see a lot of people talking about "passion" as if you have to have passion for your job and/or passion for your education. It seems a bit unrealistic and academic. I'd wager that about 80% of America goes about their daily job because they love their family so they have to pay for the house, food, clothes, and whatever. I'm still young (28) and unattached so I don't feel pressed to endure my job. I like what I do a lot, but I'd rather go into doctoring because it interests me and in the right specialty I can help out people, if you will, while also keeping myself entertained.