2025 Best Mathematics Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

a master's degree in mathematics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #61 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for mathematics students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 master's degrees in mathematics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Mathematics School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of mathematics for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 - How many other mathematics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 master'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 master's degree.

More Ways to Rank 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 Mathematics Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mathematics in Massachusetts

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

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Math

1

Tufts University
Medford, MA

20 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in mathematics needs to check out Tufts University. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in mathematics from Tufts University

2

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA

11 Annual Graduates

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in mathematics. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in mathematics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

3

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

10 Annual Graduates

Brandeis University is a great choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in mathematics. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waltham.More information about a master’s in mathematics from Brandeis University

4

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

14 Annual Graduates

$47,710 Median Starting Salary

University of Massachusetts - Lowell is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in mathematics. UMass Lowell is a large public university located in the suburb of Lowell.

Students who graduate with their master's from the math program state that they receive average early career income of $47,710.

More information about a master’s in mathematics from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Best Mathematics Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Mathematics Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	153	53
Rhode Island	127	22
New Hampshire	108	10
Vermont	91	0

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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	74
Other Mathematics	21

Most Popular Majors Related to Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics	753
Statistics	122

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.