Mathematics: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of mathematics graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 244 colleges. National median: $53,803, rising to $69,856 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$141,075	$174,951	—
2	Duke University	NC	$130,467	$297,029	$13,875
3	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$121,078	—	—
4	Vanderbilt University	TN	$120,462	$141,171	$18,000
5	Cornell University	NY	$114,798	$134,455	$11,235
6	Northwestern University	IL	$114,637	$107,072	$22,223
7	Northeastern University	MA	$94,730	$125,084	$20,715
8	Dartmouth College	NH	$93,979	$168,580	$12,500
9	Williams College	MA	$87,131	$134,304	$10,258
10	Bentley University	MA	$85,648	$101,971	—
11	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$84,996	$89,112	$18,875
12	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$84,101	$134,785	—
13	Carleton College	MN	$82,760	—	$19,916
14	Southern Methodist University	TX	$82,076	$111,773	$19,500
15	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$81,465	$105,768	$19,500
16	Boston College	MA	$80,566	$111,072	$19,000
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$80,188	$109,146	$18,828
18	University of Notre Dame	IN	$79,514	$92,118	$14,000
19	Swarthmore College	PA	$78,855	—	—
20	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$78,103	$99,689	$17,158
21	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$77,532	$75,979	—
22	William & Mary	VA	$76,779	$87,170	$14,500
23	Amherst College	MA	$76,249	$124,324	$12,000
24	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$75,712	$98,497	—
25	University of Delaware	DE	$75,599	$76,327	$23,250
26	University of Mary Washington	VA	$74,913	$82,677	—
27	Providence College	RI	$73,824	$90,503	—
28	Bowdoin College	ME	$73,412	—	—
29	Indiana University-East	IN	$72,754	$71,223	$15,345
30	Baylor University	TX	$72,280	$89,618	$20,663
31	Fordham University	NY	$71,815	$93,224	$21,000
32	New York University	NY	$70,817	$91,832	—
33	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$69,157	$88,434	$15,443
34	Hamilton College	NY	$68,989	$83,211	$15,750
35	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$68,669	$81,864	$17,750
36	University of Illinois Springfield	IL	$68,508	$72,681	—
37	Oberlin College	OH	$68,432	—	—
38	Whitworth University	WA	$67,842	$73,097	—
39	Villanova University	PA	$67,662	$109,851	$27,000
40	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$67,622	$81,845	$19,250
41	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$67,622	$81,845	$19,250
42	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$67,622	$81,845	$19,250
43	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$67,231	$67,763	$19,875
44	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$67,059	$77,336	$23,250
45	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona	PA	$67,059	$77,336	$23,250
46	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$67,059	$77,336	$23,250
47	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	PA	$67,059	$77,336	$23,250
48	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$67,059	$77,336	$23,250
49	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$65,340	$83,338	$20,651
50	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	WI	$65,228	—	—
51	Vassar College	NY	$64,870	—	$18,580
52	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$64,864	$85,820	—
53	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$64,598	$101,599	$13,000
54	University of Iowa	IA	$64,513	$82,411	$17,239
55	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$64,314	$101,438	$15,000
56	Boston University	MA	$63,944	$84,784	$21,500
57	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$63,436	$92,594	$12,875
58	Brigham Young University	UT	$63,373	—	$9,557
59	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$62,769	$100,127	$12,627
60	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$62,769	$100,127	$12,627
61	University of Connecticut	CT	$62,727	$68,325	$20,500
62	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$62,727	$68,325	$20,500
63	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$62,727	$68,325	$20,500
64	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$62,727	$68,325	$20,500
65	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$62,727	$68,325	$20,500
66	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$62,714	$78,891	$18,487
67	University of Utah	UT	$62,487	$71,059	$10,875
68	Macalester College	MN	$61,957	$91,979	$23,250
69	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$61,949	$99,269	$12,624
70	Florida International University	FL	$61,395	$66,041	$10,250
71	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$60,947	$91,736	$24,375
72	Western Carolina University	NC	$60,560	$59,885	$21,954
73	University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$60,510	$60,050	$14,068
74	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$60,059	—	—
75	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$59,882	$59,590	$14,969
76	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$59,853	$74,705	$19,500
77	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$59,448	$80,654	$13,955
78	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$59,078	$68,457	$14,086
79	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$58,874	$57,392	$20,905
80	Towson University	MD	$58,674	$72,409	$14,500
81	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$58,620	$81,909	$17,435
82	University of Houston	TX	$58,310	$62,833	$16,750
83	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$58,280	—	$28,322
84	George Washington University	DC	$58,255	—	—
85	Old Dominion University	VA	$57,974	$66,847	$26,750
86	University of Central Florida	FL	$57,953	$69,005	$16,837
87	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$57,718	$70,656	$25,000
88	Binghamton University	NY	$57,469	$82,492	$19,500
89	University of South Florida	FL	$57,452	$59,125	—
90	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$57,003	—	$19,500
91	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$56,879	$62,883	—
92	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$56,795	$81,518	$13,500
93	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$56,651	$81,490	$20,250
94	Montclair State University	NJ	$56,636	$68,371	$18,875
95	University of Rochester	NY	$56,626	$94,178	$19,250
96	Stockton University	NJ	$56,288	$64,242	$17,299
97	University of Toledo	OH	$56,250	—	—
98	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$56,157	$96,927	$22,358
99	Georgia Gwinnett College	GA	$56,089	—	—
100	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$55,980	$117,252	—
101	Cleveland State University	OH	$55,637	$58,346	$18,688
102	Northern Illinois University	IL	$55,597	$69,856	$15,000
103	Iowa State University	IA	$55,421	$62,261	$18,625
104	DePaul University	IL	$54,997	$89,908	$23,653
105	Sam Houston State University	TX	$54,928	$61,617	$31,250
106	University of California-San Diego	CA	$54,763	$79,015	$15,500
107	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$54,746	$83,027	$19,500
108	The University of Alabama	AL	$54,703	$77,899	$21,700
109	Marquette University	WI	$54,651	$76,620	—
110	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$54,514	$72,859	$13,500
111	St Olaf College	MN	$54,452	$87,691	$25,065
112	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$54,422	$65,179	$23,867
113	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$54,409	$60,645	$10,556
114	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$54,379	$76,667	$20,498
115	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$54,330	$79,251	$19,314
116	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$54,285	$85,391	$13,000
117	University at Buffalo	NY	$54,205	$60,882	$16,381
118	Michigan Technological University	MI	$54,122	$73,271	—
119	University of Florida	FL	$54,003	$93,022	$10,273
120	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$53,954	$66,450	$22,000
121	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$53,870	$68,414	$15,646
122	Temple University	PA	$53,803	$91,330	$21,500
123	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$53,517	$79,013	$15,350
124	SUNY College at Potsdam	NY	$53,485	$59,362	—
125	University of Georgia	GA	$53,471	$65,436	$20,000
126	Portland State University	OR	$53,452	$68,280	$20,333
127	University of Rhode Island	RI	$53,291	$73,746	$18,250
128	Texas Tech University	TX	$53,055	$69,664	$24,500
129	Clemson University	SC	$52,981	$82,450	$20,250
130	University of Memphis	TN	$52,839	$65,079	$19,500
131	College of Charleston	SC	$52,768	$54,942	—
132	East Texas A&M University	TX	$52,588	$74,396	—
133	Salisbury University	MD	$52,365	$71,910	—
134	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$52,313	$69,288	—
135	George Mason University	VA	$52,211	$77,519	$18,500
136	Rhode Island College	RI	$52,181	$72,410	—
137	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$52,089	$72,826	$25,250
138	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$52,033	$83,187	$16,851
139	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$51,878	$76,026	—
140	Illinois State University	IL	$51,648	$75,318	$16,000
141	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$51,641	$69,383	$21,759
142	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$51,474	$106,794	$25,000
143	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$51,454	$62,085	$23,875
144	New Jersey City University	NJ	$51,380	$58,323	—
145	Concordia College at Moorhead	MN	$51,358	$65,394	—
146	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$51,337	$63,850	$22,000
147	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$51,297	$77,808	$20,250
148	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$51,282	$70,681	$13,250
149	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$51,063	$62,576	—
150	Worcester State University	MA	$50,983	$57,434	—
151	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$50,955	$75,633	$25,500
152	Georgia State University	GA	$50,879	$68,916	$23,870
153	Michigan State University	MI	$50,873	$72,226	$20,982
154	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$50,798	$66,261	$14,127
155	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$50,762	$59,588	$20,500
156	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$50,650	$58,453	$13,000
157	University of Vermont	VT	$50,589	$65,139	$11,000
158	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$50,408	$71,718	—
159	Wayne State University	MI	$50,301	$64,547	—
160	Stony Brook University	NY	$50,246	$62,727	$15,735
161	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$50,106	$69,992	—
162	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$50,074	$64,121	$19,281
163	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$50,049	$70,628	$12,049
164	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$49,977	$90,635	$19,500
165	Smith College	MA	$49,747	—	—
166	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$49,651	$51,939	$19,000
167	Kean University	NJ	$49,380	$59,082	$16,460
168	University of California-Irvine	CA	$49,371	$77,472	$11,000
169	Texas Woman's University	TX	$49,167	$57,331	—
170	University of California-Davis	CA	$49,163	$72,640	$10,743
171	Christopher Newport University	VA	$49,046	—	$20,000
172	University of Arizona	AZ	$48,983	$66,381	$14,229
173	SUNY Brockport	NY	$48,907	$61,686	—
174	University of North Georgia	GA	$48,865	$73,220	—
175	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$48,788	$67,016	$7,500
176	University of Northern Iowa	IA	$48,747	$44,407	—
177	South Dakota State University	SD	$48,518	$67,059	$20,450
178	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$48,506	$65,245	$16,922
179	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$48,489	$69,153	$23,130
180	Florida State University	FL	$48,411	$68,131	$11,149
181	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$48,299	$69,300	—
182	Grand Valley State University	MI	$48,209	$51,753	$23,286
183	University of North Texas	TX	$48,160	$62,465	$25,000
184	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	$48,142	$70,117	$17,500
185	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$48,007	—	$23,000
186	Indiana State University	IN	$47,893	—	—
187	Pennsylvania Western University	PA	$47,862	$51,498	$21,898
188	Western Washington University	WA	$47,856	$54,234	—
189	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$47,745	$56,143	$23,452
190	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$47,745	$56,143	$23,452
191	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$47,625	$57,944	$21,214
192	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$47,577	$71,340	—
193	University of Puget Sound	WA	$47,549	$75,462	$15,304
194	Georgia Southern University	GA	$47,501	$59,424	—
195	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$47,440	$66,269	—
196	Oregon State University	OR	$47,273	$72,318	$17,771
197	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$47,273	$72,318	$17,771
198	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	PA	$46,955	$65,952	$23,727
199	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$46,904	$60,321	—
200	University of North Carolina Asheville	NC	$46,656	$56,247	—
201	Murray State University	KY	$46,631	$51,771	—
202	Montana State University	MT	$46,514	$65,731	$19,500
203	Duquesne University	PA	$46,382	$64,164	—
204	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$46,274	$70,677	—
205	Texas State University	TX	$46,217	$58,566	$21,219
206	Rowan University	NJ	$46,201	$63,146	$15,000
207	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$46,147	$57,453	—
208	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$45,896	$50,605	$19,500
209	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	PA	$45,895	$57,744	$25,000
210	University of Mississippi	MS	$45,875	—	—
211	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$45,026	$53,352	$13,500
212	Bridgewater State University	MA	$45,019	$54,709	$22,335
213	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$44,920	$88,967	$21,000
214	West Virginia University Institute of Technology	WV	$44,908	$77,144	$24,402
215	West Virginia University	WV	$44,908	$77,144	$24,402
216	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$44,678	$62,779	$25,500
217	Sonoma State University	CA	$44,425	$64,913	—
218	University of Kentucky	KY	$44,273	$75,222	$11,000
219	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$43,949	$61,754	$11,007
220	University at Albany	NY	$43,755	$71,211	$18,249
221	CUNY Queens College	NY	$43,158	$74,659	—
222	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$43,116	$59,162	$16,750
223	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$42,991	$80,308	—
224	Appalachian State University	NC	$42,940	$62,271	$18,373
225	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$42,701	$54,149	$15,000
226	Eastern Connecticut State University	CT	$41,866	$55,574	$23,715
227	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$41,839	$68,900	$8,750
228	SUNY Oneonta	NY	$41,706	$72,651	$15,000
229	University of Oregon	OR	$41,618	$82,191	$12,250
230	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$41,374	$59,214	$14,250
231	East Carolina University	NC	$41,072	$51,350	—
232	Westfield State University	MA	$41,042	$54,980	—
233	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	$40,856	$64,470	—
234	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$40,660	$94,840	$22,244
235	California State University-Northridge	CA	$40,239	$63,077	—
236	University of California-Riverside	CA	$39,461	$63,596	$17,763
237	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$39,398	$57,603	$12,500
238	Western Kentucky University	KY	$39,249	$38,434	—
239	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$38,630	$70,999	—
240	California State University-Chico	CA	$37,564	$77,891	—
241	University of Southern Indiana	IN	$37,223	—	—
242	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$34,880	$63,059	$19,584
243	Texas A & M International University	TX	$32,011	$55,272	$6,150
244	State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	$29,614	—	—

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do mathematics graduates earn?

The median college reports $53,803 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in mathematics and $69,856 four years after. The highest is $141,075 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

How much student debt do mathematics graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $19,250 at the typical college.