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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.

$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.

Top 15 math programs by median completer earnings

Math bachelor's (CIP 27.01) · higher is higher early-career pay

median earnings

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

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study As of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

The full top 100

# School Name StateMedian EarningsMedian DebtCompleters
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.