Education & Training
Applied Mathematics
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Actuaries Bachelor's degree
- Bioinformatics Scientists Doctoral or professional degree
- Bioinformatics Technicians Bachelor's degree
- Biologists Master's degree
- Biostatisticians Master's degree
- Business Intelligence Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Clinical Data Managers Bachelor's degree
- Clinical Research Coordinators Bachelor's degree
- Data Scientists Bachelor's degree
- Economists Master's degree
- Financial Quantitative Analysts Master's degree
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Geneticists Doctoral or professional degree
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary Master's degree
- Mathematicians Doctoral or professional degree
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists Doctoral or professional degree
- Natural Sciences Managers Master's degree
- Statisticians Master's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | — | — | — | 20 |
| Associate degree | — | — | — | 3 |
| Bachelor's degree | $63,684 | $92,803 | $20,500 | 317 |
| Master's degree | $90,692 | $115,629 | $34,212 | 210 |
| Doctoral degree | — | — | — | 79 |
| Professional degree | $143,935 | — | $50,500 | 2 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.