2025 Best Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Ranked #25 in popularity, mathematics is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for mathematics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 176 bachelor's degrees in mathematics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Mathematics School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The math bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mathematics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt 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 mathematics related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Mathematics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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 Mathematics in Kentucky

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Bachelor's in Math

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

39 Annual Graduates

$39,211 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mathematics needs to take a look at University of Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the mathematics major at University of Kentucky get $7,477 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from University of Kentucky

2

Murray State University
Murray, KY

13 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Murray State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Murray State is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Murray.More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from Murray State University

3

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

16 Annual Graduates

University of Louisville is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in mathematics. UofL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Louisville.More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from University of Louisville

4

Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

14 Annual Graduates

$24,257 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mathematics needs to look into Morehead State University. Morehead State University is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Morehead.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the math program report average early career earnings of $24,257.

More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from Morehead State University

Best Mathematics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Mathematics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	451
Georgia	224	387
Tennessee	220	356
North Carolina	213	646
Virginia	213	616
South Carolina	195	242
Alabama	184	296
Louisiana	171	191
Mississippi	169	113
Arkansas	167	121
West Virginia	147	73

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Rankings in Majors Related to Math

One of 4 majors within the Mathematics & Statistics area of study, Mathematics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Math Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mathematics	176

Majors Similar to Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics	25
Statistics	18

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.