Career Paths

Careers in Mathematics

The mathematics major provides students with excellent preparation for almost any career in business, industry or teaching. Whether you plan to pursue higher education or to launch a career, most employers recognize that math majors have superior analytical and technical skills, are disciplined thinkers and extraordinarily effective problem solvers. Recent career choices by CSB/SJU mathematics students include:

• medical research statistics
• sales/marketing
• actuarial science
• the foreign service (diplomatic corps)
• accounting
• high school teaching
• computer science
• college teaching
• statistical work in business, industry and government

graduate work in mathematics, statistics, engineering, medicine, law, economics and biomathematics