For electrical engineering major and resident assistant Emma Porter, Wright State feels like home.
Careers
Don’t limit yourself to one career field! Wright State University’s undergraduate and graduate programs in mathematics and statistics give you many options. You can prepare for further graduate work. If you want to enter the workforce immediately upon graduating you will have the tools that provide you with almost limitless employment options.
The careers we prepare you for are growing. And we'll help you get there. You can talk to a dedicated career advisor in Career Services. They can also help place you in internships, and almost all of our students placed in internships are hired by the company as full-time employees—sometimes before graduating.
Why Mathematics?
"A Math degree is maybe the most flexible out of all of the STEM degrees"
Why Statistics?
"Employment of statisticians is projected to grow 35% from 2019 to 2029"
Success Stories
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 Helping improve the tracking of and communication with small satellites to aid in space exploration is part of mathematics major Catherine Embury’s job description. |
Our graduates are hired by companies with local and national presence: Air Force Research Laboratory, Ameritas, Applied Optimization, Ball Aerospace, Canary Consulting, CareSource, Infoscitex, Nationwide Insurance, State Auto Insurance, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Career Paths in Mathematics/Statistics
- Academics
- Accounting
- Actuarial science
- Agricultural economics
- Astronomy
- Budget analysis
- Business management
- Cartography
- Computer simulation
- Cryptology
- Data analysis
- Economics
- Engineering
- Finance
- Health science
- Information systems
- Inventory strategy
- Marketing
- Mathematical modeling
- Measurements research
- Media buying
- Operations research
- Rate analysis
- Risk analysis
- Software development
- Statistics
- Systems analysis
- Teaching
- Value engineering
What They're Saying About Careers in Mathematics/Statistics
Job Market Growth
“Digitally stored data is growing, and companies will need mathematicians to analyze that data to improve processes, design and create products.“
Job Security
“Employment of statisticians is projected to grow 35 percent from 2019 to 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth is expected to result from more widespread use of statistical analysis to inform business, healthcare, and policy decisions.”
Great Income
“Actuarial science majors bring home an average annual salary of $108,658. And although that’s not the highest average pay out there, the job outlook is a good one, with an unemployment rate of only 2.3%.”
