2025 Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools

Ranked #26 in popularity, mathematics is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 43 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,175 doctor's degrees in mathematics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Mathematics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of mathematics for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality math program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor'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 many resources a school devotes to mathematics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mathematics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 mathematics students go into to obtain their doctor'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mathematics students working on their doctor'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 Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Mathematics in the United States

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for mathematics students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Math

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

19 Annual Graduates

University of Chicago is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in mathematics. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from University of Chicago

2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

19 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in mathematics. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

11 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in mathematics. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University

4

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in mathematics needs to check out Northwestern University. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from Northwestern University

5

Duke University
Durham, NC

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from Duke University

6

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

19 Annual Graduates

U-M is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

7

New York University
New York, NY

17 Annual Graduates

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

8

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

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from Columbia University in the City of New York

9

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from University of Wisconsin - Madison

10

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

26 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from University of California - Los Angeles

Mathematics by Region

View the Best Mathematics Doctor'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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Mathematics Related Rankings by Major

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

Math Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mathematics	1,168
Other Mathematics	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Statistics	558
Applied Mathematics	340
Other Statistics	23
Applied Statistics	10

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.