Careers and Grad Programs with a B.S. in Math

juillet
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:27:01 +0000

Check it out: Careers in Math Home | MAA Math Career Resource Center;
http://www.ams.org/programs/students/undergrad/undergrad#careers
http://www.toroidalsnark.net/mathcareers.html

-Entry-level statisticians often have a BS in math with some statistics coursework
-Biostatistics - subset of above
-Financial analyst
-Market research analyst
-Educational analyst at at testing company like ETS or Pearson
-Management consultant; they love quant majors
-Policy analyst
-Technical writer, if you’re good with writing
-Software engineer, if you have some experience with computer science/coding
-Teach middle/high school math (don’t have to do it in a public school; you could do so at a private/independent school or charter)
-Operations research analyst
-Security analyst (like cryptography in telecommunications, banking, military, government)

Potential Graduate Programs:
Statistics
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Finance/Mathematical Finance
Psychometrics/Educational Measurement
Public Policy (specifically analysis)
Operations Research
Actuarial Science
Risk Management & Insurance
Bioinformatics (with some CS experience)
Information Systems
Computer Sceicne
Applied Mathematics