Overview of major
Potential job titles
Examples of internships
Possible career fields
Possible work settings
Important skills and abilities
Sample web resources
Print resources
Sample graduate programs pursued by Mathematics and Statistics majors
Overview of major
The study of mathematics and statistics helps students develop their conceptual skills, problem solving ability and analytical thinking. Graduates can apply their high-level mathematical and statistical techniques to areas such as biostatistics, econometrics, operations research, actuarial risk analysis, optimization, and coding theory.
Resources
Potential job titles
Examples of internships
-
Aon Risk Consultants, Inc.
-
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
-
Computer Sciences Corporation
-
Loyola University Maryland Mathematics Department
-
Food and Drug Administration
-
State Farm Insurance
-
General Dynamics
-
Schindler Elevator Corp.
-
McLagan Partner
-
The Boeing Company
-
National Institute on Aging
-
U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
-
Penn Mutual Life
-
Loch Raven High School
- PHH Arval
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
Possible career fields
Industry
- Research
- Development
- Design
- Data processing
- Testing
- Operations
Government
Research
Computers
- Computer industry
- Programming
- Systems analyst
- Data processing
- Software
- Hardware
- Training
Insurance
- Actuarial
- Underwriting
- Sales
Market Research
- Data collection
- Information analysis
Securities
- Sales
- Research
- Operations
Banking
Possible work settings
- Aerospace
- Machinery
- Pharmaceutical
- Consulting
- State & federal agencies
- Universities
- Service companies
- Computer hardware and software firms
- Insurance firms
- Banks
Important skills and abilities
- Knowledge of computer science, statistics & probability
- Communication & interpersonal
- Computer & research
- Team player
- Technical writing
- Public speaking
- Teaching
- Knowledge of computer languages
- Programming experience
- Experience in fundraising drives
- Sales
Sample web resources
American Mathematical Society
American Statistical Association
Association for Financial Professionals
Financial Management Association International
Association for Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business
Mathematical Association of America
Society of Actuaries
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Print resources
(All available in the Career Resource Library in The Career Center)
- Careers for Number Crunchers (MA Category)
- Great Jobs for Math Majors (Math Category)
- Careers in Education (EDU Category)
- Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grad (CP Section)
- 200 Best Jobs for College Graduates (CP Section)
- Guide to Internet Job Searching (JS Section)
- Graduate Programs: Mathematics (Grad Section)
- How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School (Grad Section)
- Now what do I Do? (SP Section)
Sample graduate programs pursued by Mathematics and Statistics majors
-
PhD, Mathematics
-
Master in Math Education
-
MA, Teaching
-
MS, Statistics
-
PhD, Statistics
- Master of Applied Statistics