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I'm an aerospace engineer working for United Space Alliance. I've said many times that Materials Science is probably one of more versatile engineering fields since, quite obviously, a large portion of the design process relies on the types of materials used. Plus, with all the research and new applications for composite materials it seems to be a field that will only continue to grow.
Now personally, I had to take a materials science class, solid mechanics, and aircraft structures. Now of them particularly appealed to me. I was always more of a rocket guy. However, I had some friends that went down the aircraft structures/composites and materials route and they seemed to like it.
If you want to study materials you may want to try to decide on a particular area of focus, since materials is such a large field. Obviously there are a lot of materials engineers in the aerospace industry but you also have the automotive industry, consumer plastics, sporting goods, safety equipment, construction, architecture, military, and the list can go on and on.
Just some stuff to think about...
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