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2023 Most Popular Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

17 Colleges
$64,552 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree School for You

Mathematics is the #60 most popular major in the country with 3,764 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mathematics program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mathematics Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the most popular school in the New England Region for mathematics students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 8% of the math majors at the school.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mathematics schools in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Women make up 8% of the math majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Women make up 18% of the math majors at the school.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mathematics schools in the New England Region . Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 36% of the math majors at the school.

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#5

Brown University

Providence, RI

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mathematics schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in math at Brown, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#5

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Brandeis University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mathematics schools in the New England Region . Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.

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#5

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Dartmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Hanover.

Of the 6 students majoring in math at Dartmouth, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#8

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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Northeastern University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#10

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

With a ranking of #10, University of Vermont did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mathematics students working on their doctor’s degree. UVM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Burlington.

About 50% of the students majoring in math at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Best Mathematics Colleges by State

Explore the best mathematics colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 156
Connecticut 72
Rhode Island 28
New Hampshire 16
Vermont 2

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

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 17 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).

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