2025 Best Financial Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in financial mathematics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #405 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of financial mathematics. Combined, these schools handed out 123 bachelor's degrees in financial mathematics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to financial mathematics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of financial mathematics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized financial mathematics related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Financial Mathematics in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in financial mathematics.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Financial Math

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

70 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in financial mathematics. UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in financial mathematics from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

53 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in financial mathematics. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in financial mathematics from University of Southern California

Best Financial Mathematics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Financial Mathematics Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	521	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Financial Math

One of 5 majors within the Applied Mathematics area of study, Financial Mathematics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Financial Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Applied Mathematics	931
Other Applied Mathematics	162
Computational Mathematics	122
Computational & Applied Mathematics	78

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.