What Can One Do With a Major in Mathematics?

Recent Cornell graduates who majored in mathematics have embraced a variety of careers, professions, and possibilities for post-graduate study. Listed below are some of the postgraduate activities of Cornell mathematics majors during the last few years

See also Careers After Cornell 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000, published by Cornell Career Services.

Positions in Business, Government, and Non-Profit Organizations

  • Analyst, Lazard & Co. (double major with Economics)
  • Consultant, Price Waterhouse Coopers (double major with Computer Science)
  • Investment Banking Analyst, JP Morgan Chase (double major with Economics)
  • Market Maker, Optiver Derivatives Trading
  • Software Engineer, International Business Machines (double major with Computer Science)
  • Financial Analyst, Unilever Corp. (double major with Economics)
  • Officer, U.S. Navy
  • (Title of position unknown), Credit Suisse (triple major with Economics and Near Eastern Studies)
  • (Title of position unknown), Raytheon, Inc.
  • Business Intelligence Consultant, Answerthink Consulting
  • Actuarial Trainee, Equitable Life Insurance Co.
  • Network Engineer, Motorola Software
  • Associate, Price Waterhouse Coopers
  • Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (double major with Government)
  • Analyst, William M. Mercer Corp.
  • Trader Associate, Citadel Investment Associates (double major with Economics)
  • Software Engineer, Kanda Software (double major with Comparative Literature)
  • Actuary, Towers Perrin
  • Support Engineer, Microsoft (triple major with Economics and Computer Science)
  • Operations Officer, Project-Trade.com (double major with Physics)
  • Junior Programmer, Fairmarket Corp.
  • Actuarial Analyst, Watson Wyatt Worldwide (double major with Economics)
  • Project Analyst, Fair Isaac and Co.
  • Conservation Technician, Cornell University Library System
  • Transfer Pricing Associate, Price Waterhouse Coopers (double major with Economics)
  • (Title of position unknown), SUNY Upstate Medical Center
  • (Title of position unknown), Habitat for Humanity
    (Title of position unknown), Graduate Management Systems
  • Business Analyst, Capitol One (double major with Economics)
  • (Title of position unknown), Capitol One (double major with Biological Sciences)
  • (Title of position unknown), Microsoft (double major with Economics)
  • Technology Consultant, Sapient Corp. (double major with Computer Science)
  • Analyst, Investment Banking Division of Merrill Lynch & Co. (double major with Economics)
  • Financial Analyst, Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. (double major with Economics)
  • Actuarial Analyst, UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America
  • CICG Group Analyst, Merrill Lynch & Co.
  • Associate Consultant, Deloitte and Touche Corp.
  • Management Associate, Metropolitan Life Insurance Corp.
  • Developer, Sapient Corp. (double major with Computer Science)
  • Associate, Micro Strategy Co.
  • Software Developer, L.P. Bloomberg Co.

Academic Positions and Programs

  • Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, Boston University
  • Student in Masters of Engineering Program in Computer Science (double major with Computer Science)
  • Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, Cornell University (double major with Computer Science)
  • Student in Medical Program, UTMJ Medical School
  • Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
  • Student in Masters of Engineering Program in Computer Science, Cornell University (double major with Computer Science)
  • Graduate Student in Education, Stanford University
  • Ph.D. Student in Economics, Carnegie Mellon University (double major with Economics)
  • Ph.D. Student in Theory of Machine Learning, Massachusetts Institiute of Technology (double major with Computer Science)
  • Student in Masters Program in Financial Engineering, Cornell University (double major with Economics)
  • Student in Masters of Engineering Program in Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University (double major with Physics)
  • Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
  • Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, Cornell University (double major with Computer Science)
  • Student in Masters of Engineering Program in Computer Science, Cornell University (double major with Computer Science)
  • Ph.D. Student in Economics, Northwestern University (double major with Economics)
  • Ph.D. Student in Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D. Student in Physics, California Institute of Technology (double major with Physics)
  • Graduate Student in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
  • Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, California Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, University of Wisconsin
  • Student in International Law, London Program of the University of Toledo
  • Graduate Student in Mathematics, Rutgers University
  • Ph.D. Student in Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (double major with Computer Science)
  • Mathematics Teacher, Teach for America
  • Ph.D. Student in Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, Massachussetts Institute of Technology (double major with Computer Science)
  • Graduate Student in Mathematics, University of Massachusetts at Lowell Student in Master of Engineering Program in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
  • Mathematics Teacher and Soccer Coach, Suffield Academy
  • Student in Master of Engineering Program in Financial Engineering, Cornell University (double major with Physics)
  • Student in Masters in Engineering Program in Computer Science, Cornell University (double major with Computer Science)
  • Ph.D. student in Center for Geometry and Theoretical Physics, Duke University
  • Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (double major with Computer Science)
  • Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley (double major with Computer Science)
  • Graduate Student in Education, Cornell University
  • Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (double major with Computer Science)
  • Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley (double major with Computer Science)
  • Graduate Student in the Education, Cornell University
  • Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of Washington (double major with Computer Science)
  • Graduate Student in Mathematics, Cornell University
  • Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Graduate Student in Linguistics at St. John's College, Oxford University (triple major with Computer Science and Linguistics)
  • Graduate Student in Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
  • Graduate Student in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Student in Masters of Engineering Program in Computer Science, Cornell University (double major with Computer Science)
  • Student in Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Department of Education, Cornell University
  • Student in Master of Engineering Program in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
  • Ph.D. Student in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Student in Master of Engineering Program in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
  • Student in Law School, Columbia University
  • Graduate Student in Computer Science, University of California at Santa Cruz (double major with Computer Science)

 

Last modified: August 13, 2003