What kind of career opportunities are there for someone with a degree mathematics
i want to work in the math field and am courious #mathematics
2 answers
Jaron Hightower-Mills
Jaron’s Answer
Mathematics gives you a lot of career options. I would encourage you to learn more about what you like about mathematics and then explore what you actually do in that field. For example, if you like statistics, data science is a growing field.
The University of Houston Math Department's website has a good overview of various career options for math majors: https://www.math.uh.edu/~tomforde/Web/Jobs.html
Andrew’s Answer
It depends on what one good at. Statisticians can earn 6 figure income if the are very good with math and work for financial companies. Other field can work as consultant, research and teaching. I have a friend who work for a semiconductor company and he is responsible for provide Design of Experiment to run test conditions to optimize processes while minimize cost.
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