Bachelor's degree · Mathematics and statistics · CIP 27.03
Applied Mathematics: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 229 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Applied Mathematics, together awarding 4,560 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $63,684 one year after finishing and $94,785 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Applied Mathematics programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 25 of 222; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Applied Mathematics
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook · Public | NY | 296 | $61,162 | $94,632 | $15,897 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 292 | $76,190 | $116,983 | $14,673 |
| Fordham University Bronx · Private nonprofit | NY | 253 | n/a | n/a | $27,000 |
| Brown University Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 217 | $135,449 | $163,649 | $8,125 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 206 | $81,296 | $122,255 | n/a |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 201 | $85,411 | $137,853 | $13,444 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 178 | $62,507 | $101,967 | $11,567 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 153 | $83,785 | $106,770 | $19,500 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 136 | $43,458 | $106,014 | $13,540 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 136 | $107,908 | n/a | n/a |
| Harvard University Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 128 | $145,554 | $225,414 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 100 | $62,989 | $99,039 | $19,500 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 85 | n/a | $102,405 | $12,071 |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 65 | n/a | n/a | $25,000 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 60 | $63,684 | $123,510 | $20,500 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken · Private nonprofit | NJ | 57 | $105,295 | $157,887 | $23,250 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Northwestern University Evanston · Private nonprofit | IL | 54 | n/a | $194,897 | $17,250 |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 51 | $54,099 | $75,532 | $21,500 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 47 | $76,163 | n/a | $13,000 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz · Public | CA | 45 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| American Public University System Charles Town · Private for-profit | WV | 41 | $69,593 | n/a | $26,931 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 41 | $55,827 | $75,030 | $24,500 |
| Bryant University Smithfield · Private nonprofit | RI | 40 | $77,181 | $92,967 | $25,125 |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 40 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Colorado School of Mines Golden · Public | CO | 39 | $72,339 | $116,449 | $20,974 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 38 | $61,853 | $89,229 | $22,250 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 37 | n/a | $87,740 | n/a |
| Stanford University Stanford · Private nonprofit | CA | 35 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 34 | $71,279 | n/a | n/a |
| Liberty University Lynchburg · Private nonprofit | VA | 32 | n/a | n/a | $27,000 |
| Hillsdale College Hillsdale · Private nonprofit | MI | 31 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester · Private nonprofit | NY | 31 | $60,132 | $84,423 | $24,249 |
| Brandeis University Waltham · Private nonprofit | MA | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 29 | $47,111 | $74,747 | $29,000 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach · Private nonprofit | FL | 28 | n/a | n/a | $21,875 |
| University of California-Merced Merced · Public | CA | 28 | $40,931 | $89,644 | $11,398 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 27 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Boston University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 26 | $79,383 | n/a | n/a |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 25 | n/a | $93,417 | $21,500 |
| University of Rochester Rochester · Private nonprofit | NY | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore · Private nonprofit | MD | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie · Public | WI | 23 | $63,460 | $97,929 | $20,500 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 20 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 20 | $42,055 | $90,808 | $12,500 |
| CUNY City College New York · Public | NY | 19 | $62,323 | $74,692 | n/a |
Quick facts: Applied Mathematics
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics?
- The College Scorecard lists 229 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Applied Mathematics.
- How much do Applied Mathematics graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $63,684 one year after graduation (39 institutions reporting) and $94,785 five years after graduation (38 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Applied Mathematics graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Harvard University ($225,414), Northwestern University ($194,897), Brown University ($163,649), Stevens Institute of Technology ($157,887), and University of California-Berkeley ($137,853).
- How much student debt do Applied Mathematics graduates have?
- The median institution's Applied Mathematics graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans (33 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Applied Mathematics degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Stony Brook University (296), University of California-Los Angeles (292), Fordham University (253), Brown University (217), and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (206).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Applied Mathematics (CIP code 27.03), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.