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Most Popular Mathematics Schools

There are 1,490 colleges that offer a degree in Mathematics. Learn more about the most popular schools below:

Finding the Best Mathematics School for You

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for Mathematics students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendance, there are many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 1,490 schools in the United States offering Mathematics programs. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school’s program.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mathematics Schools.

Our rankings named University of Wisconsin-Madison the most popular school in the U.S. for Mathematics majors. University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public school located in Madison, WI. This school awarded 362 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $53,379. Read full report on Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Madison

The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in Austin, TX, this is a public institution. This school awarded 294 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $51,060. Full Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin Report

University of California-San Diego comes in at #3 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. University of California-San Diego is a public school located in La Jolla, CA. During the most recent year for which we have data, 275 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $44,612. Read full report on Mathematics at University of California-San Diego

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor landed the #4 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in Ann Arbor, MI, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 254 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $64,597. Full Mathematics at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Report

Southern New Hampshire University landed the #5 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Southern New Hampshire University is a private nonprofit school located in Manchester, NH. During the most recent year for which we have data, 249 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $54,644. Read More…

University of California-Los Angeles landed the #6 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. University of California-Los Angeles is a public school located in Los Angeles, CA. This school awarded 248 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $41,763. Full Mathematics at University of California-Los Angeles Report

University of Maryland-College Park landed the #7 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in College Park, MD, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 242 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $56,509. Read More…

University of California-Irvine landed the #8 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in Irvine, CA, this is a public institution. This school awarded 226 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $40,474. Read full report on Mathematics at University of California-Irvine

#9

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago landed the #9 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in Chicago, IL, this is a private nonprofit institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 223 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $77,119. Full Mathematics at University of Chicago Report

University of Massachusetts-Amherst comes in at #10 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. University of Massachusetts-Amherst is a public school located in Amherst, MA. This school awarded 220 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $51,780. Read More…

#11

New York University

New York, NY

New York University landed the #11 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. New York University is a private nonprofit school located in New York, NY. During the most recent year for which we have data, 214 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $59,956. Read More…

University of Washington-Seattle Campus landed the #12 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in Seattle, WA, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 202 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $53,990. Read full report on Mathematics at University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Massachusetts Institute of Technology comes in at #13 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit school located in Cambridge, MA. This school awarded 199 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $109,923. Read full report on Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities landed the #14 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in Minneapolis, MN, this is a public institution. This school awarded 185 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $47,373. Read More…

#15

Los Angeles Pierce College

Woodland Hills, CA

Los Angeles Pierce College landed the #15 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Los Angeles Pierce College is a public school located in Woodland Hills, CA. This school awarded 180 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $31,545. Read More…

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign comes in at #16 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. Located in Champaign, IL, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 179 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $53,513. Read full report on Mathematics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

#17

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University comes in at #17 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. Johns Hopkins University is a private nonprofit school located in Baltimore, MD. This school awarded 164 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $89,069. Read More…

Ohio State University-Main Campus landed the #18 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Ohio State University-Main Campus is a public school located in Columbus, OH. This school awarded 164 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $49,087. Read full report on Mathematics at Ohio State University-Main Campus

#19

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University comes in at #19 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. Located in Nashville, TN, this is a private nonprofit institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 156 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $68,884. Read full report on Mathematics at Vanderbilt University

University of California-Riverside landed the #20 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. University of California-Riverside is a public school located in Riverside, CA. During the most recent year for which we have data, 154 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $33,932. Full Mathematics at University of California-Riverside Report

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill comes in at #21 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public school located in Chapel Hill, NC. This school awarded 153 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $51,058. Read full report on Mathematics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus comes in at #22 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is a public school located in University Park, PA. This school awarded 147 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $54,468. Read More…

#23

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University landed the #23 spot in our Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking. Located in Stony Brook, NY, this is a public institution. This school awarded 133 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $51,412. Read More…

#24

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University comes in at #24 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. Cornell University is a private nonprofit school located in Ithaca, NY. During the most recent year for which we have data, 132 people earned their degree in Mathematics from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $70,710. Read full report on Mathematics at Cornell University

University of California-Berkeley comes in at #25 on our list of the most popular colleges for Mathematics majors. University of California-Berkeley is a public school located in Berkeley, CA. This school awarded 131 degrees in Mathematics in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $57,445. Read More…

#26

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
#27

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY
#28

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ
#30

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
#32

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA
#37

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
#38

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
#39

Boston University

Boston, MA
#40

Northeastern University

Boston, MA
#41

De Anza College

Cupertino, CA
#45

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Barbara, CA
#46

Irvine Valley College

Irvine, CA
#48

College of the Canyons

Santa Clarita, CA
#49

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
#50

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that also graduate students in this major every year.

Rank College Location
51 Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA
52 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
53 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
54 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA
55 Duke University Durham, NC
56 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX
57 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
58 University of California-Davis Davis, CA
59 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
60 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
61 University of Houston Houston, TX
62 Illinois State University Normal, IL
63 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
64 Ohlone College Fremont, CA
65 Amherst College Amherst, MA
66 Clemson University Clemson, SC
67 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA
68 Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA
69 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
70 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA
71 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
72 Palomar College San Marcos, CA
73 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA
74 St Olaf College Northfield, MN
75 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
76 Stanford University Stanford, CA
77 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
78 California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA
79 Tufts University Medford, MA
80 Moorpark College Moorpark, CA
81 University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
82 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
83 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
84 Portland State University Portland, OR
85 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX
86 Grossmont College El Cajon, CA
87 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN
88 Indiana University-East Richmond, IN
89 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC
90 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN
91 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
92 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
93 Williams College Williamstown, MA
94 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO
95 Iowa State University Ames, IA
96 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
97 CUNY Queens College Queens, NY
98 California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA
99 Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI
100 Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto, CA
101 East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA
102 Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, CA
103 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
104 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
105 University of North Texas Denton, TX
106 University of Georgia Athens, GA
107 City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
108 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA
109 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA
110 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
111 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL
112 The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ
113 George Mason University Fairfax, VA
114 Montana State University Bozeman, MT
115 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
116 College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA
117 Glendale Community College Glendale, CA
118 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX
119 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
120 Utah Valley University Orem, UT
121 Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO
122 Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA
123 Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME
124 Cuyamaca College El Cajon, CA
125 Folsom Lake College Folsom, CA
126 Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA
127 San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA
128 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
129 University at Albany Albany, NY
130 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
131 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
132 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
133 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK
134 William & Mary Williamsburg, VA
135 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
136 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD
137 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
138 Clovis Community College Fresno, CA
139 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC
140 California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA
141 Tulsa Community College Tulsa, OK
142 University of Oregon Eugene, OR
143 Sierra College Rocklin, CA
144 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO
145 Utah State University Logan, UT
146 Laney College Oakland, CA
147 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI
148 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
149 Villanova University Villanova, PA
150 Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA
151 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
152 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
153 Brigham Young University Provo, UT
154 Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA
155 Louisiana State University-Alexandria Alexandria, LA
156 Rice University Houston, TX
157 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
158 San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CA
159 Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster, CA
160 Fullerton College Fullerton, CA
161 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
162 University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE
163 American River College Sacramento, CA
164 Cypress College Cypress, CA
165 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
166 Macalester College Saint Paul, MN
167 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA
168 University of Vermont Burlington, VT
169 West Valley College Saratoga, CA
170 Brown University Providence, RI
171 California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA
172 Georgetown University Washington, DC
173 Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH
174 Rio Hondo College Whittier, CA
175 Riverside City College Riverside, CA
176 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
177 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
178 Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM
179 Florida International University Miami, FL
180 Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA
181 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
182 Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA
183 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
184 Appalachian State University Boone, NC
185 Golden West College Huntington Beach, CA
186 Liberty University Lynchburg, VA
187 Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN
188 Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH
189 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
190 Skyline College San Bruno, CA
191 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
192 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH
193 Pomona College Claremont, CA
194 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA
195 Boise State University Boise, ID
196 Chabot College Hayward, CA
197 Hartnell College Salinas, CA
198 Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA
199 Norco College Norco, CA
200 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX

Mathematics by Region

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Region
New England
Middle Atlantic
Great Lakes
Plains States
Southeast
Southwest
Rocky Mountains
Far Western US

More Mathematics Rankings

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the Most Popular Mathematics Schools ranking, along with other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Mathematics Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Mathematics 25,163
Other Mathematics 352
Topology & Foundations 2
Algebra & Number Theory 1
Related Major Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics 11,002
Statistics 9,603
Other Statistics 575
Applied Statistics 572

References

*The average salary above is for the top 25 schools only.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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