2025 Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #82 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 62 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,621 bachelor's degrees in applied mathematics during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Applied Mathematics School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of applied mathematics for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality applied math program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on applied mathematics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of applied mathematics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt applied mathematics students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied mathematics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for applied mathematics students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Applied Mathematics Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Applied Mathematics in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for applied mathematics students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

12 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Applied Math

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

173 Annual Graduates

$99,193 Median Starting Salary

Brown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those applied mathematics students who get their bachelor's degree from Brown University receive $36,552 more than the typical applied math student.

More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Brown University

2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

22 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Carnegie Mellon University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University

3

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

60 Annual Graduates

$91,559 Median Starting Salary

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Applied Mathematics bachelor's degree recipients from Columbia University in the City of New York receive an earnings boost of around $28,918 over the typical earnings of applied mathematics graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Columbia University in the City of New York

4

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

17 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

45 Annual Graduates

$94,684 Median Starting Salary

Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston.

Bachelor's recipients from the applied mathematics degree program at Northwestern University make $32,043 more than the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Northwestern University

6

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ

77 Annual Graduates

$97,700 Median Starting Salary

Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

Those applied mathematics students who get their bachelor's degree from Stevens Institute of Technology receive $35,059 more than the average applied math graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology

7

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

264 Annual Graduates

$71,814 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

Bachelor's recipients from the applied mathematics program at University of California - Berkeley make $9,173 more than the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from University of California - Berkeley

8

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

37 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Johns Hopkins University

9

Tufts University
Medford, MA

27 Annual Graduates

Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford.More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Tufts University

10

New York University
New York, NY

54 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from New York University

11

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

369 Annual Graduates

$61,188 Median Starting Salary

$41,374 Median Student Debt

Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, applied math bachelor's recipients generally earn about $61,188 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from University of California - Los Angeles

12

Boston University
Boston, MA

32 Annual Graduates

Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Boston University

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank	College	Location
13	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA
14	University of Washington - Seattle Campus	Seattle, WA
15	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC
16	Rice University	Houston, TX
17	Ohio State University - Main Campus	Columbus, OH
18	Bryant University	Smithfield, RI
19	University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT
20	Texas A&M University - College Station	College Station, TX

Applied Mathematics by Region

View the Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Applied Mathematics Related Rankings by Major

Applied Mathematics is one of 4 different types of Mathematics & Statistics programs to choose from.

Applied Math Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Applied Mathematics	3,265
Financial Mathematics	389
Computational Mathematics	371
Computational & Applied Mathematics	323
Other Applied Mathematics	260
Mathematical Biology	13

Majors Similar to Applied Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mathematics	19,286
Statistics	5,318
Other Statistics	542
Applied Statistics	145

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson. More about our data sources and methodologies.