Mathematics
The Mathematics program at Virginia Tech has a strong career orientation, with four different graduation paths that you may follow: the Traditional Option, the Applied Computational Option, the Applied Discrete Option, and the Math Education Option. Across all four paths, our faculty emphasize both teaching excellence and research innovation.
Options:
Highlights:
Flexible major with four different degree tracks: applied computational, applied discrete, math education, and traditional, all with the flexibility to pursue a double major or minor.
Student organizations and activities include Math Club, Association for Women in Math, Putnam Exam workshops, Directed Reading Program
Opportunities for research with faculty and interaction with graduate students
Advising by dedicated math faculty
Excellent preparation for careers in finance, actuary, tech, national security, AI, machine learning, academia, and many other areas
Career paths
- Actuary
- Software Engineer
- Data Analyst
- Consultant
- Teacher
- Mathematician
- Systems Engineer
- Financial Analyst
- Scientist
- Market Researcher
- Research Engineer
- Cybersecurity
- Data Science
- Data Processing
- Mathematical Modeling
- Image Processing