<p>I am wondering what careers one can get into with a degree (Bachelor's, phd) in Applied Mathematics. I am interested in the field and want to know where it leads to.</p>
<p>Actuary (ten characters)</p>
<p>Business, certain types of engineering, R&D... Math majors are actually one of the highest admitted majors to medical school as well.</p>
<p>A degree in applied mathematics usually has you, well, apply it somewhere. So it partially depends on your concentration.</p>
<p>That said, a degree in mathematics is probably the most versatile major out there, so you can probably do whatever you want.</p>
<p>You can be an actuary if you wish, but that's more for statistics majors. It certainly is not the only job option for math majors.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.
I guess I'll be blunt, what are some high paying jobs in the applied mathematics field?</p>
<p>hey... yes, I'd agree with the above response.... a major in Mathematics is great potential versatility unless you really absolutely want to apply the knowledge into one research "field."</p>
<p>About high paying jobs... I can't really say about a specific position, but I know that current relatively wide areas of Mathematical research includes things like Fluid Dynamics, Image Processing.. </p>
<p>I'd say a good start would be to visit University web sites, and their respective graduate Mathematics program concentrations, and kind of figure where the popular areas of current research might be leaning toward.</p>
<p>But overall... it really covers a very wide spectrum of research opportunities. So if you like the above mentioned areas, I'd say you'd probably end up working for a private sector entity that deals with designing new products under those fields.... or any of the other fields you might find interesting and popular.</p>
<p>I'd say that for starting a job like that, you'd get paid roughly the same as an undergrad Engineer's starting salary.</p>
<p>slightly off topic, but beastmaster, where are you going to school? There are only so many schools with applied math as a major, so I was curious.</p>
<p>finance is the obvious one.</p>
<p>A good starting place is the website for SIAM (society for industrial and applied math?). They talk about emerging areas for applied math, like computational biology and computer animation, as well as providing profiles of people who have made careers using applied math. They also have college chapters of the organization and you might look for one where you are going to school.</p>
<p>paperfish154, I'm going to UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>Speaking of SIAM - will anyone here be coming to the SIAM conference on nonlinear waves at the University of Washington in September?</p>
<p>What is the difference between applied math and math majors?</p>
<p>Do you guys recommend taking business or math for undergrad if i want to go to business school and get a job in business field (accounting/fiannce)?</p>