2023 Most Popular Mathematics Schools
Finding the Best Mathematics 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 Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 346 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mathematics program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Mathematics Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mathematics Colleges.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Mathematics
Our analysis found New York University to be the most popular school for mathematics students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mathematics schools in the United States. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mathematics Schools list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Mathematics Schools list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Mathematics Schools list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mathematics students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.
University of California - Los Angeles landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mathematics programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #8, Illinois State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mathematics students. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.
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Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Mathematics Schools list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.
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University of Northern Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mathematics students. It came in at #10 on the list. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.
Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mathematics students. It came in at #10 on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mathematics students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #13, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mathematics students. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
With a ranking of #13, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mathematics students. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a very large student population.
The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.
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With a ranking of #15, The University of West Florida did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mathematics students. Located in the small city of Pensacola, UWF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mathematics students. It came in at #17 on the list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mathematics programs. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mathematics students. It came in at #20 on the list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Mathematics Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mathematics students. It came in at #21 on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.
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Montana State University landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mathematics programs. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.
University of Florida landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mathematics programs. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.
Rest of the Top Most Popular Mathematics Schools
Remaining Award Winners
This list shows the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Mathematics Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 346 different United States mathematics schools we analyzed.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 48 | University of California - Riverside | Riverside, CA |
| 48 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 48 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY |
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Mathematics students that almost earned our Most Popular Mathematics Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY |
| 55 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg, TX |
| 57 | Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN |
| 57 | Indiana University - East | Richmond, IN |
| 57 | University of California - Davis | Davis, CA |
| 60 | University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA |
| 60 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA |
| 60 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NY |
| 60 | Colorado State University - Fort Collins | Fort Collins, CO |
| 60 | Yale University | New Haven, CT |
| 66 | Ohio University - Athens Campus | Athens, OH |
| 66 | Auburn University | Auburn, AL |
| 66 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock, PA |
| 66 | University of California - Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA |
| 66 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ |
| 66 | California State University - Fullerton | Fullerton, CA |
| 66 | Miami University - Oxford | Oxford, OH |
Mathematics by Region
View the Most Popular Mathematics Schools for a specific region near you.
| Region |
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| Southeast |
| New England |
| Rocky Mountains |
| Plains States |
| Middle Atlantic |
| Far Western US |
| Southwest |
| Great Lakes |
Mathematics Related Majors
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.
- 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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