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

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)