A&S Careers, Math

CAREER OPTIONS FOR MATHEMATICS

"Mathematics is among the most fascinating of all intellectual disciplines, the purest of all art forms, and the most challenging of games. The study of mathematics is not only exciting, but important: mathematicians have an opportunity to make a lasting contribution to society by helping to solve problems in such diverse fields as medicine, management, economics, government, computer science, physics, psychology, engineering, and social science."Margaret Menzin and Robert Goldman, Association for Women in Mathematics, February 1993

CAREERS AS A . . . CAN BE FOUND IN . . .

APPLIED MATHEMATICIAN
(Operations Research Scientist, Numerical Analyst, Consultants,
Mathematical Modeling, Information Scientist)

• TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• TRANSMITTING MESSAGES
• DATA BANKS

CRYPTOGRAPHER
Particularly HOT these days with computer science infiltrating all aspects of our culture!

• NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
• CENTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH (Princeton, NJ)
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• ARMY • NAVY • AIR FORCE

ANALYST
(Statistical, Quantitative, Financial, Business, Computer Systems, Programmer, Research, Data, Market)

PROFESSIONAL CAREERS FOR MATH MAJORS
• Sales and Management
• Geophysics
• Engineering, Engineering Technology
• Business Administration
• Law • Meterology, Oceanography, Wildlife Management
• Economics
• Risk Management
• Consultant
• Peace Corps
• Military

EARNINGS

Median annual earnings in 2002 for:
Mathematicians = $76.4K
Actuaries = $69.9K
Operations Research Analysts = $56.9K
Statisticians = $57K

National Association of Colleges and Employers [NACE] in 2003:
Bachelor's degree = $40.5K
Master's degree = $42.3K
Doctoral degree = $55.4K

Federal Government in 2003:
Supervisory, nonsupervisory, managerial positions = $80.8K
Mathematical Statisticians = $83.4K
Cryptanalysts = $78.6K

CAREERS FOR GRADUATE DEGREES, MASTER'S AND Ph.D.
(Research Mathematician)

INDISTRY OPPORTUNITIES:
• Bell Labs
• IBM Research Center
• Lockheed
• Aerospace Corporation
• Naval Weapons Center
• Lincoln Labs
• Hewlett-Packard Co.
• Los Alamos National Lab
• Texas Instruments
• Computer Science Corporation
• Boeing Aerospace
• Control Data Corporation
• Nat'l Ctr for Atmospheric Research
• Cray Research, Inc.
• TRW, Inc.
• McDonnel Douglas
• GTE
• Aerospace Corp.
• Hughes Corp.
• Jet Propulsion Lab
• Science Applications, Inc.

GOVERNMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
• Nat'l Security Agcy, Ft Meade, MD
• NASA
• Armed Forces
• Department of Defense
• Agriculture
• AEC, Oak Ridge, TN
• National Bureau of Standards
• National Science Foundation
• Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Army Math Research Center
• Nat'l Inst.of Standards & Technology
• Naval Research Lab
• Air Force Research Lab
• Department of Energy:
      • Ames Laboratory
      • Argonne National Laboratory
      • Brookhaven National Laboratory
      • Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab
      • Lawrence Berkeley Labs
      • Los Alamos National Laboratory
      • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
      • Sandia National Laboratories

WEB SITES OF INTEREST

Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov/

Occupational Outlook Handbook (Mathematics section)
www.bls.gov/oco/ocos043.htm

OOH (Computer Science section)
www.bls.gov/oco/pdf/ocos110.pdf

American Mathematical Society
P. O. Box 5904
Boston, MA 02206-5904
(800) 321-4267 or (401) 455-4000
e-mail:ams@ams.org
http://www.ams.org/

Association for Women in Mathematics
4114 Computer & Space Sciences Building
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-2461
(301) 405-7892
e-mail: awm@math.umd.edu
http://www.awm-math.org

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
901 Elkridge Landing Road, Suite 400
Linthicum, MD 21090-2909
(800) 4IN-FORMS
e-mail: informs@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu
http://www.informs.org/

Mathematical Association of America
1529 Eighteenth Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 387-5200
e-mail: maahq@maa.org
http://www.maa.org/

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
1906 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091-1593
(703) 620-9840
http://www.nctm.org/

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-2688
(215) 382-9800
e-mail: siam@siam.org
http://www.siam.org/nnindex.htm