Best Colleges for Mathematics 2026

20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Mathematics graduates are well-positioned for careers across multiple industries. The rankings below are based on actual graduate earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data

Top 20 Mathematics Programs by Graduate Earnings

#	School	Earnings	Tuition	Accept Rate	Enrollment
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$180,882	$60,156	5%	4,571
2	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$127,962	$66,014	8%	15,935
3	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$125,955	$63,946	6%	7,143
4	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$124,017	$65,739	6%	4,367
5	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$117,066	$63,340	8%	5,617
6	Tufts University Medford, MA	$110,5121yr	$67,844	10%	6,804
7	Amherst College Amherst, MA	$109,199	$67,280	10%	1,907
8	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$107,611	$66,939	5%	7,540
9	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$100,012	$61,884	58%	5,909
10	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$99,961	$58,014	17%	17,315
11	Duke University Durham, NC	$99,927	$65,805	7%	6,417
12	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$98,946	$67,680	16%	9,865
13	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$97,139	$58,072	18%	33,488
14	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	$96,973	$56,674	73%	2,224
15	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$91,943	$49,412	33%	6,949
16	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$91,552	$40,306	45%	30,246
17	New York University New York, NY	$90,277	$60,438	9%	29,430
18	Northeastern University Boston, MA	$90,232	$63,141	10%	15,719
19	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$90,2131yr	$64,910	8%	1,846
20	Georgetown University Washington, DC	$88,0811yr	$65,081	13%	7,462