Frequently Asked Questions I like mathematics, but I don't want to teach.
Opportunities abound for someone with high level training in mathematics.
Mathematicians are hired as actuaries, operations researchers, statisticians, computer scientists, numerical analysts, systems analysists, and cryptologists. The Mathematical Association of America maintains a website of autobiographical essays by mathematicians in the work force. This collection of career profiles should give you an idea of the many, many opportunities open to mathematics majors. Not at all. As long as you've had a good intermediate algebra course and some trigonometry, you should be all right.