by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering risk management, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of risk management, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Risk Management | 4 | — |
| Actuarial Science | 3 | 1,363 |
| Finance, General | 3 | 49,828 |
| Accounting and Business/Management | 2 | 1,270 |
| Accounting and Finance | 2 | 3,502 |
| International Finance | 2 | 124 |
| Public Finance | 2 | 63 |
| Accounting and Computer Science | 1 | 36 |
| Accounting | 1 | 58,956 |
| Applied Mathematics, General | 1 | 4,209 |
Part of the broader field of Business Administration, Management and Operations, risk management shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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