Program ranking · CIP 27.01 bachelor's · College Scorecard · Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

Best Colleges for Math

Using U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data retrieved March-July 2026, these colleges rank highest on median earnings for Math (CIP 27.01) bachelor's completers. Rankings use earnings only - not prestige, selectivity, or editorial judgment - and require at least 25 completers so tiny suppressed cohorts do not dominate the list.

Compiled by PlainCollege , College outcomes data analysis

$297,029
Highest math earnings: 100
Colleges ranked: $69,383
#100 cutoff

The list in one line

Every college on this list reports at least $69,383 median earnings for Math bachelor's (CIP 27.01) completers. Duke University leads at $297,029.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

$297,029
#1 - Duke University: $69,383
#100 - the cutoff to make this list: 25+
completers required per school: 1,206
US schools offering this CIP

Earnings are field-of-study medians for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled; see methodology for horizon and lag details.

Duke University

$297,029
Massachusetts Institute …

$174,951
University of Chicago

$172,826
Dartmouth College

$168,580
Vanderbilt University

$141,171
Johns Hopkins University

$134,785
Cornell University

$134,455
Williams College

$134,304
Georgetown University

$127,760
Northeastern University

$125,084
Amherst College

$124,324
Georgia Institute of Tec…

$122,099
Columbia University in t…

$117,252
Rose-Hulman Institute of…

$112,187
Southern Methodist Unive…

$111,773

What this shows Math medians mix finance, tech, and graduate-school pipelines - compare debt and completer counts before treating pay as program quality.

The full top 100

#	School Name	State	Median Earnings	Median Debt	Completers
1	Duke University	NC	$297,029	$9,500	53
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$174,951	$9,751	126
3	University of Chicago	IL	$172,826	$12,000	169
4	Dartmouth College	NH	$168,580	$11,617	45
5	Vanderbilt University	TN	$141,171	$9,644	151
6	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$134,785	$10,859	135
7	Cornell University	NY	$134,455	$13,500	93
8	Williams College	MA	$134,304	$13,807	53
9	Georgetown University	DC	$127,760	$17,500	50
10	Northeastern University	MA	$125,084	$21,750	88
11	Amherst College	MA	$124,324	$13,900	89
12	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$122,099	-	56
13	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$117,252	-	63
14	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$112,187	$25,000	32
15	Southern Methodist University	TX	$111,773	$20,000	82
16	Boston College	MA	$111,072	$18,000	85
17	Villanova University	PA	$109,851	$25,000	41
18	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$109,146	$20,675	212
19	Northwestern University	IL	$107,072	$12,418	62
20	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$105,768	$23,250	83
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$101,599	$15,127	137
22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$101,438	$20,080	226
23	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$100,127	$15,000	200
24	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$100,127	$15,000	50
25	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$99,689	$19,500	260
26	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$99,269	$14,920	193
27	Drexel University	PA	$98,709	$30,899	29
28	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$98,497	$18,700	77
29	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$96,927	$27,000	48
30	University of Rochester	NY	$94,178	$22,000	70
31	University of Florida	FL	$93,022	$16,111	122
32	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$92,594	$19,949	57
33	University of Notre Dame	IN	$92,118	$19,000	39
34	Macalester College	MN	$91,979	$23,745	48
35	New York University	NY	$91,832	$19,500	137
36	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$91,736	$26,000	60
37	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$91,236	$17,468	87
38	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$90,635	$19,258	117
39	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$89,112	$20,750	56
40	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$88,967	$16,500	76
41	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$88,434	$19,500	358
42	St Olaf College	MN	$87,691	$23,000	75
43	William & Mary	VA	$87,170	$20,000	81
44	The College of Wooster	OH	$86,578	$27,000	28
45	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$85,820	-	47
46	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$85,391	$17,000	132
47	Boston University	MA	$84,784	$19,250	135
48	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$83,338	$21,000	256
49	Hamilton College	NY	$83,211	$16,275	32
50	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$83,187	$16,636	62
51	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$83,027	$23,625	42
52	Binghamton University	NY	$82,492	$19,250	175
53	Clemson University	SC	$82,450	$22,500	60
54	University of Iowa	IA	$82,411	$21,000	65
55	University of Oregon	OR	$82,191	$15,475	51
56	Syracuse University	NY	$81,941	$27,000	26
57	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$81,909	$19,481	213
58	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$81,864	$20,500	189
59	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$81,845	$20,500	115
60	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$81,518	$16,454	43
61	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$80,654	$18,500	96
62	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$80,308	-	43
63	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$80,055	-	75
64	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$79,251	$19,490	81
65	University of California-San Diego	CA	$79,015	$16,250	239
66	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$79,013	$19,325	108
67	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$78,891	$20,844	182
68	The University of Alabama	AL	$77,899	$20,000	90
69	California State University-Chico	CA	$77,891	$16,500	37
70	George Mason University	VA	$77,519	$24,750	57
71	University of California-Irvine	CA	$77,472	$16,950	312
72	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$77,336	$23,875	165
73	University of Delaware	DE	$76,327	$27,000	30
74	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$76,026	$15,000	39
75	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$75,633	$23,775	26
76	Illinois State University	IL	$75,318	$19,750	47
77	James Madison University	VA	$75,295	$20,500	45
78	University of Kentucky	KY	$75,222	$18,102	41
79	CUNY Queens College	NY	$74,659	$8,298	65
80	East Texas A&M University	TX	$74,396	$17,544	34
81	University of Rhode Island	RI	$73,746	$22,125	26
82	University of North Georgia	GA	$73,220	$23,500	26
83	Whitworth University	WA	$73,097	$27,000	25
84	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$72,826	$23,735	54
85	University of California-Davis	CA	$72,640	$11,932	97
86	Towson University	MD	$72,409	$21,500	41
87	Oregon State University	OR	$72,318	$19,166	64
88	Michigan State University	MI	$72,226	$19,250	77
89	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$71,718	$15,745	30
90	Indiana University-East	IN	$71,223	$17,250	77
91	University at Albany	NY	$71,211	$21,531	45
92	University of Utah	UT	$71,059	$21,897	75
93	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$70,999	$23,547	32
94	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$70,681	$13,462	60
95	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$70,677	$13,221	40
96	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$70,628	$17,062	36
97	Northern Illinois University	IL	$69,856	$23,068	29
98	Mississippi State University	MS	$69,787	$22,050	43
99	Texas Tech University	TX	$69,664	$27,954	74
100	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$69,383	$17,545	73

About This Ranking

Schools are ranked by College Scorecard field-of-study median earnings for Math (CIP 27.01) bachelor's completers. Only operating schools with at least 25 completers and a published median are included. Ties break toward larger completer cohorts. For the full program profile - including every reporting school and national distribution - see Math (bachelor's). Methodology lives on our methodology page.

Caveats and limitations

"Best" here means highest reported median earnings for the stated CIP scope - not teaching quality, licensure pass rates, clinical placement strength, or fit for any one student. This list covers Mathematics (CIP 27.01) bachelor's programs - applied math, statistics, and actuarial paths are ranked separately when they have enough published cohorts.

Figures cover federally aided completers only, use Treasury-linked earnings, and describe a lagged cohort. Regional pay scales and graduate-school paths both move the median without proving a causal school effect.

This ranking is for informational purposes only and does not constitute academic or career advice. Earnings do not predict any individual graduate's outcome.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Rankings are computed directly from College Scorecard field-of-study data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals.