Careers in Mathematics
What can you do with a math degree?
Teach High School
What can you do with a math degree? Teach High School Teach College
What can you do with a math degree? Teach High School Teach College Hmmmm….
What can you do with a math degree? Teach High School Teach College Hmmmm…. Anything else?
Be Like Jeff Goldbloom
Aliens Use Math It’s the Universal Language
Aliens Use Math It’s the Universal Language
Math Rated Best Job Recent WSJ article: 200 Best Jobs. #1 Mathematician #2 Actuary #3 Statistician JANUARY 6, 2009 Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs Mathematicians Land Top Spot in New Ranking of Best and Worst Occupations in the U.S. Sarah Needleman, Wall Street Journal
IN FACT: 5 of the 6 “Best Jobs” in terms of low stress, high compensation, autonomy, and hiring demand in the “Job Related Almanac” by Les Krantz are all math related.
The top 15 highest-earning college degrees all have one thing in common -- math skills. From a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers
AN EXAMPLE: Petroleum Engineering is …the highest earning Bachelor’s degree major with median earnings of $120,000 …This is followed by Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration with median earnings of $105,000 and Mathematical and Computer Science with median earnings of $98,000. Highest Earning Majors from What’s It Worth – The Economic Value of College Majors.
What Kinds of Jobs are These?
Actuarial Sciences Risk Management Insurance Policies Pooling Risks
Investment Sciences Math Finance Portfolio Management Financial Analysis
Management Sciences Operations Research Supply Chain Management Military Logistics
Mathematics of Computation High Performance Computing Bio-Informatics Simulation Numerical Analysis
Mathematics & Information Technology Information Security Software Engineering Database Administration Systems & Network Analysis
Mathematical Modeling: Biology Epidemiology Population Dynamics Neuroscience Biological Networks
Mathematical Modeling: Earth Sciences Climatology Geophysics
Mathematical Modeling: Physics Fluid Dynamics Materials Science Acoustics Combustion Optics & Lasers
Mathematical Modeling: Engineering Control Systems Communication Theory Autonomous Systems Signal Processing Robotics
Mathematics: Inverse Problems Scattering Remote Sensing Radar/Sonar/Ultrasound Medical Imaging
Mathematics: Dynamics & Chaos Nonlinear Systems Pattern Formation Bifurcation Theory Nonlinear Waves Stochastic Models
Mathematics & Information Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Data Mining Information Retrieval
Mathematics: Imaging Sciences Image Processing Graphics Animation
Mathematics & Codes Cryptography Steganography Digital Signatures
Summary Math is Important/Useful/Rewarding 21 st Century needs more mathematicians Numerous career opportunities Many applications