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2023 Most Popular Applied Mathematics Schools in the Great Lakes Region

26 Colleges
$78,946 Avg Salary
$20,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Applied Mathematics School for You

Applied Mathematics is the #41 most popular major in the country with 6,283 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Applied Mathematics Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Applied Mathematics program at each school on the list.

Check out the applied math programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for applied mathematics students. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for applied mathematics students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Applied Mathematics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great place for applied mathematics students. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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#5

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Applied Mathematics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for applied mathematics students. It came in at #6 on the list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Applied Mathematics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #8, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for applied mathematics students. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Applied Mathematics Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Applied Mathematics Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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Best Applied Mathematics Colleges by State

Explore the best applied mathematics colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 40
Illinois 541
Ohio 176
Indiana 181
Wisconsin 1

One of 4 majors within the area of study, applied mathematics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Statistics 4,594
Mathematics 3,764
Applied Statistics 388
Other Statistics 98

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson.

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