Explore career and graduate school destinations for graduates of the PhD program in Mathematics at Iowa State University, including employers, job roles, and fields of further study.
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Common career roles
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1Assistant Professor7%
2Associate Professor of Mathematics5%
3Math Instructor4%
4Visiting Assistant Professor4%
5Adjunct Faculty2%
6Adjunct Mathematics Instructor2%
7Analyst Through Senior Manager2%
8Assistant Professor in the of Division of Science, Information Arts and Technologies2%
9Assistant Professor of Computer Science2%
10Assistant Professor of Mathematics2%
11Associate Professor of Instruction2%
12Associate Technical Fellow2%
13Chief Information Officer2%
14Computer Science and Software Engineering Department Chair and Professor2%
15Consultant, P and C Actuarial Research Analytics in Commercial R and D2%
16Director, Applied Research Data Mining2%
17Health Physicist2%
18Intermediate Software Engineer2%
19Lecturer2%
20Part-time Lab Instructor2%
Pie chartTop 6 roles and other recorded roles.Other: 76%
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Common industries
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1Higher Education68%
2Aviation & Aerospace5%
3Education Management5%
4Insurance5%
5Research5%
6Banking2%
7Government Administration2%
8Management Consulting2%
9Pharmaceuticals2%
10Staffing and Recruiting2%
11Telecommunications2%
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Popular employment locations
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1Ames, IA, United States13%
2Ankeny, IA, United States5%
3Cedar Rapids, IA, United States4%
4Ann Arbor, MI, United States2%
5Arlington, VA, United States2%
6Atlanta, GA, United States2%
7Austin, MN, United States2%
8Austin, TX, United States2%
9Bellevue, WA, United States2%
10Boston, MA, United States2%
11Cambridge, MA, United States2%
12Carlisle, PA, United States2%
Top 6 industries and other recorded industries.Other: 10%
Records without an industry are excluded. Percentages are rounded and describe observed records, not employment or admission rates.
13Claremont, CA, United States2%
14Colorado Springs, CO, United States2%
15Columbus, OH, United States2%
16Des Moines, IA, United States2%
17Dubuque, IA, United States2%
18Glendale, CA, United States2%
19Greenville, SC, United States2%
20Lakeville, MN, United States2%
Pie chartTop locations and other recorded locations.Other: 44%
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