Majors

Best Colleges for Mathematics, by Earnings

1,081 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Mathematics, about 19,149 degrees a year. Across the 298 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $70,679 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Duke University	NC	$297,029	83	5.7%
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$174,951	139	4.5%
3	University of Chicago	IL	$172,826	181	4.5%
4	Dartmouth College	NH	$168,580	64	5.4%
5	Vanderbilt University	TN	$141,171	157	5.9%
6	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$134,785	102	6.4%
7	Cornell University	NY	$134,455	103	8.8%
8	Williams College	MA	$134,304	55	8.3%
9	Georgetown University	DC	$127,760	49	12.9%
10	Northeastern University	MA	$125,084	86	5.2%
11	Amherst College	MA	$124,324	81	9%
12	Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	$122,099	91	14.1%
13	Columbia University	NY	$117,252	58	4%
14	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$112,187	10	76.9%
15	Southern Methodist University	TX	$111,773	48	63.3%
16	Boston College	MA	$111,072	63	16.4%
17	Villanova University	PA	$109,851	38	27%
18	University of Michigan	MI	$109,146	211	15.6%
19	Northwestern University	IL	$107,072	72	7.7%
20	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$105,768	75	63.5%
21	Bentley University	MA	$101,971	2	45.1%
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$101,599	152	15.3%
23	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$101,438	237	45.2%
24	Muhlenberg College	PA	$100,869	14	72%
25	University of Washington	WA	$100,127	209	39.1%
26	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$100,127	27	90.6%
27	University of Maryland	MD	$99,689	191	44.8%
28	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$99,269	198	9%
29	Drexel University	PA	$98,709	30	79.4%
30	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$98,497	66	12.1%
31	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$96,927	32	17.6%
32	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$94,840	27	65.1%
33	Spelman College	GA	$94,634	11	24.9%
34	University of Rochester	NY	$94,178	49	40.1%
35	Fordham University	NY	$93,224	25	59.3%
36	University of Florida	FL	$93,022	105	24.2%
37	North Carolina State University	NC	$92,594	40	41.7%
38	University of Notre Dame	IN	$92,118	38	11.3%
39	Macalester College	MN	$91,979	63	28.5%
40	New York University	NY	$91,832	126	7.7%
41	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$91,736	57	62.3%
42	Temple University	PA	$91,330	14	80.4%
43	University of Virginia	VA	$91,236	103	16.8%
44	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$90,635	99	78.1%
45	Providence College	RI	$90,503	8	50.9%
46	DePaul University	IL	$89,908	21	75.9%
47	Baylor University	TX	$89,618	27	51.3%
48	Indiana University	IN	$89,112	54	78.2%
49	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$88,967	70	72.4%
50	St Lawrence University	NY	$88,586	31	54.3%
51	University of Texas at Austin	TX	$88,434	308	26.6%
52	Occidental College	CA	$88,080	17	44.2%
53	St Olaf College	MN	$87,691	75	48.3%
54	College of William & Mary	VA	$87,170	48	34.1%
55	The College of Wooster	OH	$86,578	17	59.5%
56	Augsburg University	MN	$86,446	14	82%
57	Hofstra University	NY	$86,077	11	68.1%
58	Adelphi University	NY	$86,028	20	65.9%
59	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$85,820	31	47.5%
60	Brandeis University	MA	$85,681	19	40.5%
61	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$85,391	123	33%
62	Boston University	MA	$84,784	128	11.1%
63	Fairfield University	CT	$84,078	22	33.3%
64	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$83,338	297	59.7%
65	Hamilton College	NY	$83,211	53	13.6%
66	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$83,187	51	31.3%
67	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$83,027	40	82.3%
68	University of Mary Washington	VA	$82,677	17	79.8%
69	Binghamton University	NY	$82,492	105	38.6%
70	Clemson University	SC	$82,450	71	38.3%
71	Ursinus College	PA	$82,419	7	91.8%
72	University of Iowa	IA	$82,411	79	83.6%
73	University of Oregon	OR	$82,191	40	88.3%
74	Syracuse University	NY	$81,941	25	45.9%
75	Ohio State University	OH	$81,909	158	60.6%
76	University of Minnesota	MN	$81,864	151	79.8%
77	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$81,845	102	58.1%
78	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$81,845	11	71.4%
79	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$81,845	1	66.3%
80	University of Missouri	MO	$81,518	50	78.5%
81	Liberty University	VA	$81,095	15	99%
82	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$80,654	96	11%
83	Seattle University	WA	$80,592	14	76.9%
84	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$80,308	35	53.8%
85	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$80,055	51	90.5%
86	Kennesaw State University	GA	$79,833	23	69.2%
87	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$79,251	87	87.5%
88	University of California-San Diego	CA	$79,015	227	26.7%
89	Arizona State University	AZ	$79,013	126	89.9%
90	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$78,891	141	42.4%
91	University of Portland	OR	$78,568	11	89.2%
92	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$78,056	11	78%
93	The University of Alabama	AL	$77,899	87	76.6%
94	California State University-Chico	CA	$77,891	36	92.7%
95	University of Louisville	KY	$77,756	16	79.4%
96	George Mason University	VA	$77,519	37	87.5%
97	St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	$77,474	14	68.6%
98	University of California-Irvine	CA	$77,472	250	28.6%
99	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$77,471	15	90.5%
100	Pennsylvania State University	PA	$77,336	156	60.6%

Showing the top 100 of 298 colleges that report earnings. 783 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Mathematics graduates?

Duke University ($297,029), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($174,951), University of Chicago ($172,826), Dartmouth College ($168,580), Vanderbilt University ($141,171) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Mathematics majors make?

The median across 298 colleges is $70,679 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $38,434 to $297,029.

Which colleges have the biggest Mathematics programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: University of Texas at Austin (308), University of Massachusetts-Amherst (297), University of California-Irvine (250), University of Wisconsin-Madison (237), University of California-San Diego (227).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Mathematics". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.