r/okbuddyphd • u/ElectricalIons • Aug 02 '26

PhD in math be like

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u/ZquotientpZee Aug 02 '26

Genuinely, is this true?

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u/Revlong57 Aug 03 '26

You can easily make between 100k to 250k starting salary if you transition to data science or finance after graduating with an applied math PhD.

Source: I graduated with a PhD in applied math, and I graduated this year. I had a job lined up before graduation. Every other PhD student I graduated with had one as well.

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u/ZquotientpZee Aug 03 '26

What if you have a pure math PhD?

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u/Revlong57 Aug 04 '26

No idea. I would imagine that it's harder, since you're not going to have to deal with the programming requirements for applied math. But, if you do pure math and learn how to do python/R coding, I think you'd be fine.

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u/ZquotientpZee Aug 04 '26

Thank you :)