arts & Sciences

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A major in mathematics or statistics will allow you to:

• Develop the mental skills to create and present a logical argument.
• Creatively solve systemic problems.
• Study the beauty of nature from the formal perspective of patterns and change.
• Abstract the essence of problems from a complex background.
  

In a recent Forbes magazine article, mathematics was listed among the Most Valuable College Majors. NKU graduates in mathematics and statistics have gone on to become:

• High school and college mathematics teachers
• Mathematicians, scientists and engineers
• Actuaries
• Statisticians
• Specialists in operations research and management science
• Physicians
• Attorneys
• CEOs

Mathematics and statistics students are eligible for several NKU scholarships. A second major in another discipline can greatly enrich a degree. The American Mathematical Society provides further information on Careers in Mathematics.