by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in mathematical biology, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of mathematical biology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | 5 | 250 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 5 | 1,604 |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | 5 | 575 |
| Mathematics, General | 5 | 25,163 |
| Computational Biology | 4 | 321 |
| Mathematics and Atmospheric/Oceanic Science | 4 | — |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 4 | 871 |
| Algebra and Number Theory | 3 | 1 |
| Analysis and Functional Analysis | 3 | — |
| Applied Statistics, General | 3 | 572 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Financial Mathematics | 5,335 |
| Applied Mathematics, General | 4,209 |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | 824 |
| Computational Mathematics | 397 |
| Applied Mathematics, Other | 221 |
Part of the broader field of Applied Mathematics, mathematical biology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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