Highest Earning Master's Mathematics Programs
These are the highest earning master's mathematics programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 41 programs, with Vanderbilt University leading at $216,406.
| Rank | Institution | Program | State | Earnings | Completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt University | Applied Mathematics | TN | $216,406 | 146 |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | Statistics | NY | $167,848 | 493 |
| 3 | University of Chicago | Statistics | IL | $161,842 | 70 |
| 4 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Applied Mathematics | WA | $149,209 | 116 |
| 5 | Southern Methodist University | Applied Mathematics | TX | $144,761 | 78 |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | Applied Mathematics | MD | $144,429 | 158 |
| 7 | Georgetown University | Statistics | DC | $143,619 | 33 |
| 8 | California State University-East Bay | Statistics | CA | $142,606 | 36 |
| 9 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Applied Mathematics | NC | $141,131 | 46 |
| 10 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Statistics | NC | $137,104 | 65 |
| 11 | Stevens Institute of Technology | Applied Mathematics | NJ | $134,886 | 100 |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | Statistics | PA | $132,407 | 49 |
| 13 | The University of Texas at Dallas | Applied Mathematics | TX | $132,383 | 163 |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-College Station | Statistics | TX | $130,436 | 89 |
| 15 | Iowa State University | Statistics | IA | $130,131 | 12 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | Statistics | PA | $129,392 | 8 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | Statistics | PA | $129,392 | 66 |
| 18 | New York University | Statistics | NY | $128,820 | 202 |
| 19 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Statistics | NJ | $127,279 | 55 |
| 20 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | Statistics | NY | $127,189 | 29 |
| 21 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Applied Mathematics | MN | $123,369 | 36 |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Austin | Applied Mathematics | TX | $115,629 | 65 |
| 23 | Stony Brook University | Applied Mathematics | NY | $115,518 | 88 |
| 24 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Applied Mathematics | NY | $114,450 | 28 |
| 25 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Statistics | MI | $113,198 | 64 |
| 26 | Loyola University Chicago | Statistics | IL | $111,280 | 12 |
| 27 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | Applied Mathematics | OH | $107,934 | 98 |
| 28 | University of Southern California | Applied Mathematics | CA | $106,697 | 139 |
| 29 | DePaul University | Applied Mathematics | IL | $101,965 | 57 |
| 30 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Applied Mathematics | AZ | $99,043 | 47 |
| 31 | California State University-Long Beach | Mathematics | CA | $95,395 | 25 |
| 32 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Applied Mathematics | OH | $91,400 | 46 |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Mathematics | CA | $82,412 | 26 |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | Mathematics | CT | $76,683 | 9 |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Mathematics | TN | $71,818 | 25 |
| 36 | University of West Florida | Mathematics | FL | $70,298 | 28 |
| 37 | Emporia State University | Mathematics | KS | $70,133 | 22 |
| 38 | University of Vermont | Mathematics | VT | $62,927 | 6 |
| 39 | University of Northern Iowa | Mathematics | IA | $62,739 | 23 |
| 40 | Montana State University | Mathematics | MT | $62,651 | 28 |
| 41 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Mathematics | PA | $53,834 | 18 |
Methodology
Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes master's programs in CIP family 27 (Mathematics) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.