Highest Job Growth Doctoral Mathematics Programs

These are the highest job growth doctoral mathematics programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with University of Notre Dame leading at 19%.

Rank Institution Program State Growth Completers
1 University of Notre Dame Mathematics and Statistics, Other IN 19% 13
2 Stony Brook University Applied Mathematics NY 15.3% 25
3 University of Maryland-College Park Applied Mathematics MD 15.3% 17
4 Stanford University Applied Mathematics CA 15.3% 16
5 University of Colorado Boulder Applied Mathematics CO 15.3% 12
6 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Applied Mathematics NC 15.3% 11
7 Brown University Applied Mathematics RI 15.3% 11
8 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Applied Mathematics AZ 15.3% 9
9 University of California-Davis Applied Mathematics CA 15.3% 9
10 University of Iowa Applied Mathematics IA 15.3% 9
11 Johns Hopkins University Applied Mathematics MD 15.3% 9
12 Princeton University Applied Mathematics NJ 15.3% 9
13 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Applied Mathematics WA 15.3% 9
14 University of Arizona Applied Mathematics AZ 15.3% 7
15 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Applied Mathematics GA 15.3% 7
16 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Applied Mathematics MI 15.3% 7
17 New York University Applied Mathematics NY 15.3% 7
18 Washington State University Applied Mathematics WA 15.3% 7
19 University of Southern California Applied Mathematics CA 15.3% 6
20 University of Chicago Applied Mathematics IL 15.3% 6
21 Illinois Institute of Technology Applied Mathematics IL 15.3% 6
22 Harvard University Applied Mathematics MA 15.3% 6
23 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Applied Mathematics NC 15.3% 6
24 University of California-Berkeley Applied Mathematics CA 15.3% 5
25 University of California-Santa Cruz Applied Mathematics CA 15.3% 5
26 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Applied Mathematics CO 15.3% 5
27 University of Central Florida Applied Mathematics FL 15.3% 5
28 Northwestern University Applied Mathematics IL 15.3% 5
29 University of Louisville Applied Mathematics KY 15.3% 5
30 Michigan State University Applied Mathematics MI 15.3% 5
31 Cornell University Applied Mathematics NY 15.3% 5
32 Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management Applied Mathematics OH 15.3% 5
33 Kent State University at Kent Applied Mathematics OH 15.3% 5
34 Middle Tennessee State University Applied Mathematics TN 15.3% 5
35 Southern Methodist University Applied Mathematics TX 15.3% 5
36 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Statistics NC 13.8% 23
37 Florida State University Statistics FL 13.8% 22
38 Iowa State University Statistics IA 13.8% 21
39 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Statistics MI 13.8% 20
40 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Statistics PA 13.8% 18
41 University of Wisconsin-Madison Statistics WI 13.8% 17
42 Texas A&M University-College Station Statistics TX 13.8% 16
43 Purdue University-Main Campus Statistics IN 13.8% 16
44 University of Connecticut Statistics CT 13.8% 15
45 Carnegie Mellon University Statistics PA 13.8% 13
46 Kansas State University Statistics KS 13.8% 12
47 University of Georgia Statistics GA 13.8% 11
48 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Statistics WA 13.8% 11
49 Stanford University Statistics CA 13.8% 11
50 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Statistics IL 13.8% 10

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes doctoral programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.