I think it comes down to what you have planned for the future. I can think of several people who bit the "liberal arts" bullet, to get a well rounded education, worked in a random industry, then ended up going back to a graduate school/law school/etc due to lack of opportunity. From random sources I've read, the average salaries for a science degree are simply higher.
Here's a comparison by Worcester Polytechnic Institute I found: http://www.wpi.edu/academics/Majors/LAE/bavsbs.html. They emphasize that the BS option would be more for "hardcore" science.