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2025 Best Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

58 Colleges in the Southeast Region
3,450 Bachelor's Degrees
$48,113 Avg Early-Career Salary
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.

College Factual looked at 58 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,450 bachelor's degrees in mathematics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Mathematics School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region Your choice of mathematics for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality 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:

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

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Mathematics in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Math

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville.

Those mathematics students who get their bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University make $55,699 more than the standard math grad.

More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from Vanderbilt University

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Duke University
Durham, NC

Duke University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the mathematics major at Duke University earn $72,975 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the mathematics program at University of Virginia - Main Campus earn $12,671 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from University of Virginia - Main Campus

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Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in mathematics has to check out University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.

Bachelor's recipients from the mathematics major at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill get $5,289 above the standard graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
22 Annual Graduates

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

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Tulane is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans.

Mathematics bachelor's degree recipients from Tulane University of Louisiana earn a boost of about $7,803 above the typical earnings of mathematics majors.

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

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William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

Located in the small suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Mathematics bachelor's degree recipients from William & Mary receive an earnings boost of approximately $12,381 above the typical income of mathematics graduates.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the math program state that they receive average early career income of $46,036.

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Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the math program make an average of $47,529 in the first couple years of their career.

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the mathematics major at Virginia Tech get $7,618 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from Virginia Tech

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91 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

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 Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
12 University of South Carolina - Columbia Columbia, SC
13 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
14 University of Georgia Athens, GA
15 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
16 George Mason University Fairfax, VA
17 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
18 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA
19 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL

Best Mathematics Colleges by State

Explore the best mathematics schools for a specific state in the Southeast 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
Kentucky 187 193
Alabama 184 296
Louisiana 171 191
Mississippi 169 113
Arkansas 167 121
West Virginia 147 73

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

Math Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Mathematics 3,435
Other Mathematics 15

Majors Similar to Math

Related Major Annual Graduates
Statistics 926
Applied Mathematics 506
Other Statistics 58

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