Why Study Math?

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Stepping Stone

• Recent mathematics, statistics and physics majors achieved the highest average scores on entrance exams for  law and medical schools in the  United States.

Employable Skills:

• Strong quantitative abilities
• Expert ability to communicate quantitative and graphical information
• Critical Analytical and Problem Solving skills
• Ability to model/mathematize and synthesize

Job Satisfaction

• Mathematicians, Actuarial Scientists and Statisticians can claim the highest job satisfaction according to data from Chronicle of Higher Education and Jobs Rated Almanac (January 2009)

Job Opportunities

• Government Labs
• Engineering Research Organizations
• Computer service and software firms
• Electronics and computer manufacturers
• Consulting firms
• Financial Services
• Communications server Providers
• Chemical or Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
• Producers of Petroleum Products
• University-Based Research Organization

Emerging Fields

• Computational Biology and Genomics
• Data mining
• Neuroscience
• Materials science
• Climatology
• Computer Animation and Digital Imaging