Career Opportunities for Mathematics Majors
Recent graduates have chosen advanced study in a variety of selective graduate mathematics
programs at schools like Dartmouth College, Emory University, University of Virginia,
Washington University at St. Louis, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Several
mathematics-economics majors have pursued advanced study in economics or finance at the
University of Chicago, Yale University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Austin. Other recent majors
are employed as teachers or work in a variety of industries including insurance, banking,
computing, and investment management.
Careers of some of the graduates of Agnes Scott
College with majors in mathematics.
- List of careers
- From [Mathematics] to Playwriting: Read
about the career of Laylage Courie '94
- Interview with Karen Shuman '95, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Grinnell College, about her research in mathematics and her time at Agnes Scott College, from the 2002 President's Report, "Science as a Liberal Art" (pdf file)
Career Information
Career and Employment Resources for Mathematics Students
A site from the Mathematical Association of America that has links for descriptions of careers in mathematics, advice for looking for a job, advice for looking for a graduate school, and other information.
The American Math Society and the Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics have constructed a
great WWW resource on careers
in mathematics. For example, visit the Mathematics Career Bulletin
Board to learn about the careers of mathematicians in non-academic
positions, or read about some actual applications used by mathematicians
in their jobs.
In response to the question "What can I do with a math degree?" the American Math Society has launched the Early Career Profiles Network. This is a web resource on which mathematics departments systematically provide job profiles of their recent bachelors-degree alumni, highlighting where they work and how they got their job, how they use math on the job, their academic background, and their advice for students.
Thinking of a Career in Applied Mathematics? from SIAM is a good source of information
and advice on how mathematicians work in industry.
The following brochures are available in the mathematics suite in
Buttrick. Please feel free to look through any of these.
- Career Information in the Mathematical Sciences: A Resource Guide,
published by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences.
- Careers that Count: Opportunities in the Mathematical
Sciences, published by the Association for Women in Mathematics. A series
of profiles of women working in careers involving mathematics.
The MAA Mathematical Scientists at Work
is a collection of
career essays in which women and men with mathematics backgrounds
describe the ways in which their training in mathematics impacts upon
their work.
Sloan Career Cornerstone Center has information about careers in actuarial science, mathematics, and statistics.
Larry Riddle
Last modified July 2007