2023 Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 3,764 people earned a degree or certificate in mathematics, making the major the #60 most popular in the United States.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
The Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 117 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for math majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 15% Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for mathematics students working on their doctor’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mathematics schools in the United States. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dartmouth College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Vanderbilt University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree mathematics programs. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
University of Notre Dame did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mathematics students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Northwestern University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Carnegie Mellon University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Johns Hopkins University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree mathematics programs. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
Harvard University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree mathematics programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #12 on this year’s Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools list. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mathematics students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Michigan Technological University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree mathematics programs. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.
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Washington University in St Louis landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree mathematics programs. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree mathematics programs. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.
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Drexel University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great schools for Mathematics students that almost earned our Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 18 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison, WI |
| 19 | Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 21 | Emory University | Atlanta, GA |
| 22 | Northeastern University | Boston, MA |
| 23 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark, NJ |
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Mathematics Related Rankings by Major
Mathematics is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Math
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 6,283 |
| Statistics | 4,594 |
| Applied Statistics | 388 |
| Other Statistics | 98 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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