Careers in Mathematics

We in the Mathematics Department are fully committed to providing the best possible resource opportunities for our students. Please check out the following career resources. If you would like to talk about careers in mathematics, you can contact Ida Chan (ugadvisor@math.umd.edu), Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising for the Mathematics Department, Room 1115 Math, 301-405-4362  

• The University of Maryland Career Center. 
• CMPS Internships and Career Services.
• Math Career profiles: MAA Profiles. 
• The Mathematical Sciences Careers Information MSCI.
• The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Summer Opportunities. 
• An NSF employment of math majors study. 
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook with education, employment and earnings information on:  Mathematicians, Statisticians and Actuaries. 
• The National Security Agency ("just down the road") is the nation's leading employer of mathematicians. Look through the NSA careers website, particularly the sections on mathematicians and college student programs (director's program).

• Some brief remarks
• Life after graduation: August 2007 comments from former 400-level Math students of Professor Yorke about jobs and graduate school after graduation