Graduates' Employment
The PSM in Industrial Mathematics program at MSU is designed to help students developing both of technical skills and soft skills to meet industrial standard. This is a successful model of PSM program in preparing students for their placements, for instance, since late 90s, continued preparing and producing data analysts, actuarial analysts, and generalized problem solvers in business and engineering setting moving within an organization from task to task, up to now emphasized on training and producing data analysts/data scientists to meet requirements in a new era of data science. For all of the MSIM classes from the first graduation class to the most recent one, 100% of the graduates have obtained a job offer that were actively seeking employment.
The MSIM graduates possess the following skills (See MSIM Testimonials):
- Applied mathematical training and statistical tools.
- Familiarity with business environment.
- Real-world project experience working with local industries.
- Deeper understanding of data mining and computational issues.
- Technical writing ability (e.g., project reports, memos).
- Good communication skills.
Below are recent years’ placements of the MSIM graduates (See Graduate Placements Statistics for more details):
Job Title |
Company |
Location |
Actuarial Analyst |
Accident Fund |
Lansing, MI |
Technical Consultant I |
Acumen Solutions |
Seven Hills, OH |
Software Developer |
Auto-Owners Insurance |
Lansing, MI |
Data Scientist II |
Caterpillar |
Peoria, IL |
Product Engineer |
Chrysler |
Auburn Hills, MI |
Feature Developer |
Dealer Inspire |
Naperville, IL |
Associate |
Discover Financial Services |
Riverwoods, IL |
Data Analyst |
dunnhumby |
Cincinnati, OH |
Data Analyst |
MSX Americas, Inc. |
Dearborn, MI |
Software Engineer |
ForteMedia, Inc. |
Santa Clara, CA |
Data Scientist |
Hello |
San Francisco, CA |
Portfolio Analyst |
Loan Science |
Austin, TX |
Statistician |
Marketing Associates |
Detroit, MI |
Emerging Leaders Associate |
Nielsen |
Tampa, FL |
R&D Analyst II |
Progressive Insurance |
Cleveland, OH |
Analyst |
Rubicon International |
Portland, OR |
Risk Analyst |
Transamerica |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
Data Analyst |
Unum |
Portland, ME |
Analyst |
Urban Science |
Detroit, MI |
Associate Data Scientist |
Zuben AI |
Minneapolis, MN |