Highest-Paying Mathematics & Statistics Programs
Colleges whose mathematics & statistics graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 431 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#3
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
#4
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
#5
Brown University
Providence, RI
- 1Rice UniversityHouston, TX · Private$119,061Compare nearby
- 2Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA · Private$106,421Compare nearby
- 3Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH · Private$105,990Compare nearby
Also on 11 other lists
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#1
- Physical Sciences#1
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#9
- History#11
- Most Selective Colleges in America#12
- Computer Science#14
- English Language & Literature#14
- the Highest SAT Averages#16
- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#17
- the Highest ACT Scores#19
- Are Least Likely to Leave#25
- 4University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Private$102,190Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#2
- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#4
- Communications#4
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#5
- Multidisciplinary Studies#5
- Business#9
- History#10
- the Highest SAT Averages#11
- Most Selective Colleges in America#11
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#12
- Engineering#12
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#17
- Computer Science#18
- Are Least Likely to Leave#20
- Social Sciences#22
- 5Brown UniversityProvidence, RI · Private$98,213Compare nearby
- 6Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA · Private$95,808Compare nearby
Also on 13 other lists
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#2
- Most Selective Colleges in America#2
- the Highest ACT Scores#3
- Psychology#3
- the Highest SAT Averages#3
- Biological Sciences#4
- Computer Science#4
- English Language & Literature#8
- History#8
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#10
- Are Least Likely to Leave#18
- Social Sciences#21
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#24
- 7Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD · Private$90,146Compare nearby
- 8Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA · Private$87,183Compare nearby
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- Social Sciences#2
- Business#3
- Visual & Performing Arts#3
- Multidisciplinary Studies#4
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#6
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#6
- Physical Sciences#8
- the Highest SAT Averages#10
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#11
- Architecture#12
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#13
- Computer Science#19
- 9University of ChicagoChicago, IL · Private$83,867Compare nearby
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- 10Duke UniversityDurham, NC · Private$83,159Compare nearby
- 11Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private$82,495Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Public Administration#1
- Psychology#11
- Communications#13
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#17
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#19
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#19
- Computer Science#20
- the Highest ACT Scores#21
- Architecture#21
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#22
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#23
- Are Least Likely to Leave#23
- the Highest SAT Averages#23
- Most Selective Colleges in America#23
- Area & Ethnic Studies#25
- 12Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA · Private$82,440Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#1
- Biological Sciences#1
- Business#1
- Liberal Arts#1
- Multidisciplinary Studies#2
- Physical Sciences#2
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#3
- the Highest SAT Averages#4
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#5
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#6
- Most Selective Colleges in America#7
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#8
- Computer Science#10
- Engineering#11
- Are Least Likely to Leave#14
- 13Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, IN · Private$78,896Compare nearby
- 14Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN · Private$77,401Compare nearby
- 15New York UniversityNew York, NY · Private$76,826Compare nearby
- 16Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · Private$75,434Compare nearby
Also on 14 other lists
- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#3
- the Highest ACT Scores#4
- Most Selective Colleges in America#4
- Foreign Languages#5
- the Highest SAT Averages#8
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#9
- History#16
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#18
- Area & Ethnic Studies#19
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#21
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#25
- Computer Science#25
- Social Sciences#25
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#25
- 17University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA · Public$74,576Compare nearby
- 18Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · Public$74,576Compare nearby
- 19Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA · Private$73,675Compare nearby
- 20Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · Private$72,884Compare nearby
- 21University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN · Private$70,789Compare nearby
- 22Brigham Young UniversityProvo, UT · Private$69,868Compare nearby
- 23Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA · Private$68,387Compare nearby
- 24Trinity CollegeHartford, CT · Private$68,219Compare nearby
- 25Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO · Public$67,995Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Median earnings, 1 year after completing — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
EARN_MDN_HI_1YR- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study (04-17-2025 release)
- Where a college offers several mathematics & statistics programs, the figure shown is the median across those programs.
- Earnings cover graduates who received federal financial aid, were working and not enrolled one year after completing, and whose highest credential is that bachelor's degree.
- 431 institutions report earnings for this field; programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy by the Department of Education and cannot be ranked.
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