Math & statistics at Brandeis
Brandeis graduates about 71 math & statistics majors a year, 8% of its graduating class. That puts it 21st of 697 schools we score for math & statistics, a standout program at 92 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $86,000 four years out, 1.23× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where math & statistics happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Shapiro Science Center, Edison-Lecks Science Building, Gerstenzang Science Library, Goldsmith Mathematics Building, Bassine Science Building, Rosenstiel Basic Medial Sciences Research Center, Brown Social Science Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 21 · Academic 16 · Arts 5 · Offices 3 · Chapel 3 · Library 2.
Nearby in the math & statistics ranking
Other strong majors at Brandeis
- Sociology & anthropology 94 · #9
- Chemistry & biochem 93 · #6
- Economics 92 · #25
- Psychology 92 · #4
- English & writing 92 · #11
- Biology 91 · #14
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Brandeis with every school we score in math & statistics. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.