Math teacher Actuary Programmer But that’s not it…

Medicine The search for improved medical treatments rests on careful experiments that compare promising new treatments with the current state of the art. Statisticians and mathematicians work with medical teams to design experiments and analyze the complex data they produce.

Environment Studies of the environment require data on the abundance and location of plants and animals, on the spread of pollution from its sources, and on the possible effects of changes in human activities. The data are often incomplete or uncertain, but statisticians and mathematicians can help uncover their meaning.

Industry The future of many industries and their employees depends on improvement in the quality of goods and services and the efficiency with which they are produced and delivered. Improvement should be based on data, rather than guesswork. More companies are installing elaborate systems to collect and act on data to better serve their customers.

Government Surveys How many people are unemployed this month? What do we export to China, and what do we import? Are rates of violent crime increasing or decreasing? The government wants data on issues such as these to guide policy, and government statistics agencies provide them by surveys of households and businesses.

Market ResearchAre consumer tastes in television programs changing? What are promising locations for a new retail outlet? Market researchers use both government data and their own surveys to answer questions such as these. Statisticians and mathematicians design the elaborate surveys that gather data for both public and private use.

EcologyDevelop predator-prey models to predict the growth of population of species.

Source: http://www.amstat.org/careers/whatdostatisticiansdo.cfm

FDA Non-laboratory setting

Review and evaluate new drug applications Research setting

Design and analyze complex short term and long term studies Bureau of Labor Statistics

Produce important economic indicators such as the Unemployment Rate and the Consumer Price Index

Job tasks include: Sampling frame development and refinement Survey design Measuring and improving the quality of data Serving as a consultant

Department of Agriculture Agricultural Statisticians/Mathematicians

Produce seasonal estimates of commodities such as macadamia nuts in Hawaii Use survey statistics, mathematical statistics, and data processing to prepare data

relating to many areas of agriculture Mathematical Statisticians

Research and evaluate the theory and statistical programs used in studies applied to various agricultural survey activities

CDC employs statisticians to design both laboratory and epidemiologic studies and analyze the data from individual projects.

Many, many more!!!

Source: http://www.amstat.org/careers/whatindustriesemploystatisticians.cfm

Source: http://www.amstat.org/careers/whatindustriesemploystatisticians.cfm

Average salary of mathematicians/statisticians for undergraduate degree in math or stats: $37,000 (source: National Association of Colleges and Employers 2005 salary survey).

Jobsrated.com ranks 200 jobs according to environment, income, outlook, physical demands, and stress.  Based on these criteria, the top three jobs are 1.) Mathematician; 2.) Actuary; 3.) Statistician

Lots of great teachers We offer a BA in Mathematics (with 2

options), BS in Mathematics (with 3 options), and a BS in Statistics

Lots of opportunities for employment Lots of undergraduate possibilities: visit

SAMSI, take a biostatistics workshop, summer programs, internships, attend and/or present at conferences

Can become a member of the math and stat club (contact Adrian Coles, Dr. Simmons, Dr. Slaten, or Dr. Lugo)