by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you are interested in financial mathematics, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Below you will find 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 financial mathematics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 5 | 1,604 |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | 5 | 575 |
| Mathematics, General | 5 | 25,163 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 4 | 250 |
| Mathematical Economics | 4 | 141 |
| Mathematics and Atmospheric/Oceanic Science | 4 | — |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 4 | 871 |
| Algebra and Number Theory | 3 | 1 |
| Analysis and Functional Analysis | 3 | — |
| Applied Statistics, General | 3 | 572 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics, General | 4,209 |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | 824 |
| Computational Mathematics | 397 |
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 221 |
| Mathematical Biology | 16 |
Part of the broader field of Applied Mathematics, financial mathematics sits alongside related programs in that field.
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