Rankings by major · 390 schools scored

Best colleges for math & statistics

Every school we cover is scored 0–100 for math & statistics. The score blends how graduates in the major do four years out against the national norm for the same major, the strength of the student body, how many undergraduate courses the department lists, and the size of the program. Small programs (under five graduates a year) are capped. 80 and up is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid.

The top math & statistics schools: Harvard University, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Top 100 colleges for math & statistics
Rank	School	Score (0–100)	Tier	Graduates per year in the major	Share of the class	Pay vs. national, same major	Acceptance rate
1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	99	Standout	233	13.7%	2.06×	4%
2	Duke University Durham, NC	96	Standout	166	9%	2.96×	5%
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	96	Standout	156	14.2%	2.52×	5%
4	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	95	Standout	229	13.1%	2.26×	4%
4	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	95	Standout	38	3%	–	4%
6	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	94	Standout	164	7.6%	1.38×	11%
7	Amherst College Amherst, MA	93	Standout	96	19%	1.79×	9%
7	Stanford University Stanford, CA	93	Standout	96	6%	–	4%
7	Pomona College Claremont, CA	93	Standout	39	10.7%	–	7%
10	Rice University Houston, TX	92	Standout	103	10%	–	8%
11	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	91	Standout	318	4%	1.44×	16%
11	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	91	Standout	245	15.1%	1.69×	11%
11	Williams College Williamstown, MA	91	Standout	71	13.8%	1.93×	9%
11	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	91	Standout	49	11.7%	–	7%
15	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	90	Standout	117	11.1%	2.42×	6%
15	Tufts University Medford, MA	90	Standout	74	5%	–	11%
15	Carleton College Northfield, MN	90	Standout	60	12.4%	–	20%
15	Haverford College Haverford, PA	90	Standout	51	16.8%	–	12%
19	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	89	Standout	157	9.2%	2.03×	6%
19	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	89	Standout	139	9.7%	1.94×	8%
19	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	89	Standout	43	6.6%	–	19%
19	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	89	Standout	41	9.3%	–	7%
19	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	89	Standout	27	4.8%	–	14%
24	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	88	Standout	345	7.1%	1.38×	17%
24	Brown University Providence, RI	88	Standout	205	12.2%	1.72×	5%
24	Columbia University New York, NY	88	Standout	163	7.4%	1.69×	5%
24	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	88	Standout	37	4.6%	–	16%
24	Smith College Northampton, MA	88	Standout	26	4.4%	–	21%
29	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	87	Standout	794	8.6%	1.22×	9%
29	University of Washington Seattle, WA	87	Standout	410	4.7%	1.44×	39%
29	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	87	Standout	138	3.6%	1.75×	9%
29	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	87	Standout	85	4.5%	1.61×	48%
29	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	87	Standout	30	10.2%	–	29%
29	Bates College Lewiston, ME	87	Standout	29	6.1%	–	13%
29	Colby College Waterville, ME	87	Standout	27	5.1%	–	7%
29	Davidson College Davidson, NC	87	Standout	26	5.6%	–	13%
37	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	86	Standout	482	5.5%	1.31×	11%
37	New York University New York, NY	86	Standout	458	6.7%	1.39×	9%
37	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	86	Standout	178	8.6%	1.49×	7%
37	Yale University New Haven, CT	86	Standout	129	9.1%	–	5%
37	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	86	Standout	31	4.7%	–	11%
37	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	86	Standout	16	7%	–	13%
43	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	85	Standout	184	4.1%	1.25×	17%
43	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	85	Standout	80	4.3%	1.42×	12%
43	Barnard College New York, NY	85	Standout	42	5.8%	–	9%
46	The University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	84	Standout	308	3%	1.27×	27%
46	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	84	Standout	52	4%	–	35%
46	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	84	Standout	25	11.5%	–	3%
49	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	83	Standout	112	3.9%	–	5%
49	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	83	Standout	75	4.8%	1.52×	63%
49	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	83	Standout	34	5.9%	–	36%
49	United States Military Academy at West Point West Point, NY	83	Standout	20	1.9%	–	12%
53	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	82	Standout	36	5.5%	–	34%
53	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	82	Standout	34	8.5%	–	15%
53	University of Richmond Richmond, VA	82	Standout	23	3%	–	22%
53	Lafayette College Easton, PA	82	Standout	22	3.2%	–	31%
53	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	82	Standout	22	2%	–	9%
58	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	81	Standout	339	4.5%	1.35×	45%
58	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	81	Standout	91	2.3%	1.76×	13%
58	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	81	Standout	85	9.1%	1.71×	51%
58	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	81	Standout	53	10.8%	1.20×	14%
58	Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA	81	Standout	45	8.2%	–	28%
63	University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	80	Standout	191	2.3%	1.43×	45%
63	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	80	Standout	96	5%	1.35×	42%
63	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	80	Standout	63	11.6%	1.32×	29%
63	Villanova University Villanova, PA	80	Standout	56	3.2%	1.58×	28%
63	Georgetown University Washington, DC	80	Standout	49	2.7%	1.84×	13%
63	United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO	80	Standout	27	2.6%	–	14%
63	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	80	Standout	19	2.6%	–	14%
63	Reed College Portland, OR	80	Standout	16	5.4%	–	29%
71	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	79	Strong	214	2.8%	1.09×	80%
71	Northeastern University Boston, MA	79	Strong	86	1.9%	1.80×	5%
71	Wake Forest University Winston Salem, NC	79	Strong	69	5.3%	–	22%
71	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	79	Strong	25	5.4%	–	31%
75	Emory University Atlanta, GA	78	Strong	220	10.4%	1.01×	10%
75	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	78	Strong	66	4.2%	1.25×	34%
75	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	78	Strong	63	2.7%	1.60×	16%
75	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	78	Strong	32	4.2%	1.39×	18%
75	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	78	Strong	22	2.5%	–	29%
75	Denison University Granville, OH	78	Strong	22	4.1%	–	17%
75	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	78	Strong	21	3.6%	–	26%
75	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	78	Strong	20	1.6%	–	29%
83	University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA	77	Strong	297	4.7%	1.20×	60%
83	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	77	Strong	145	2.2%	1.06×	42%
83	Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI	77	Strong	24	7.5%	–	21%
86	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	76	Strong	471	5.6%	1.14×	42%
86	Boston University Boston, MA	76	Strong	160	3.4%	1.22×	13%
86	St. Olaf College Northfield, MN	76	Strong	75	10.7%	1.26×	43%
86	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	76	Strong	71	8.3%	1.23×	40%
86	American University Washington, DC	76	Strong	29	1.6%	–	62%
86	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	76	Strong	29	1.4%	–	14%
86	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	76	Strong	15	3.4%	–	14%
93	University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	75	Strong	422	4.8%	1.06×	29%
93	The Ohio State University Columbus, OH	75	Strong	281	2.5%	1.22×	51%
93	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	75	Strong	101	2%	1.22×	80%
93	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	75	Strong	35	2.9%	–	62%
93	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	75	Strong	17	3.5%	1.27×	45%
98	The Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	74	Strong	231	2.2%	1.06×	61%
98	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	74	Strong	140	2.6%	1.09×	10%
98	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	74	Strong	20	3.9%	–	42%

290 more schools are on the full math & statistics ranking.

How this ranking works

Updated October 13, 2026. Sources: early-career pay for graduates of each program, by field of study (College Scorecard), graduates per year in the major (IPEDS), undergraduate courses listed in each department's current catalog, and the student body's test scores. Inputs that are missing for a school are dropped and the rest reweighted; programs with fewer than five graduates a year are capped at 30. Scores are relative to the other schools covered, from 0 to 100.

To cite: prefrosh.ai, "Best colleges for math & statistics," updated October 13, 2026, https://prefrosh.ai/majors/math-and-statistics. For a specific student's chances at these schools, use Chance me, which reads odds from the student's own high school's admissions chart.

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