Topology & Foundations
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Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Topology & Foundations degree recipients are Berkeley, CA and Buffalo, NY. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Topology & Foundations degree recipients are Berkeley, CA and Buffalo, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Topology & Foundations is a research doctorate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Topology & Foundations and the types of students that study this field.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Topology & Foundations programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (2 total).
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Topology & Foundations.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Math & Statistics graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Math & Statistics majors is $116,385 and the most common occupations are Postsecondary teachers, Software developers, and Secondary school teachers.
The industry that employs the most Math & Statistics majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Math & Statistics majors is $116,385 and the most common occupations are Postsecondary teachers, Software developers, and Secondary school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Math & Statistics majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Math & Statistics majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Math & Statistics majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Math & Statistics majors, by number of employees, are Postsecondary teachers, Software developers, and Secondary school teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Math & Statistics majors working as Actuaries, Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations, including mathematicians & statisticians, and Computer and information research scientists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Math & Statistics majors are Surgeons, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Physicians.
The number of Math & Statistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.57%, from 756,726 in 2021 to 776,185 in 2022.
The largest single share of Math & Statistics graduates go on to work as Postsecondary teachers (8.17%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Math & Statistics by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Math & Statistics majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Computer Systems Design.
The highest paying industries of Math & Statistics majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.
The number of Math & Statistics graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.57%, from 756,726 in 2021 to 776,185 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Math & Statistics graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Math & Statistics.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Math & Statistics majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Math & Statistics majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Math & Statistics in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Math & Statistics is 43.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Research Doctorate.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Math & Statistics. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 2.91% and 2.85% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Topology & Foundations are Research Doctorate and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Math & Statistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Topology & Foundations for each race & ethnicity.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Research Doctorate recipients in Topology & Foundations.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in USSR that hold Math & Statistics degrees (6.32 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (34,510 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Topology & Foundations field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Topology & Foundations majors need many skills, but most especially Mathematics. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Topology & Foundations majors need more than the average amount of Programming, Mathematics, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Topology & Foundations majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Programming is very distinctive for majors, but the Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
