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2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

There are about 7,542 students enrolled in Financial Mathematics in the USA.

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popularity

Average

Compared to national avg.

Diplomas received last year

4,592

Vs. National Avg.

-71%

popularity Rank

#154

cost

Very Expensive

Compared to national avg.

Median degree cost

$40K

Vs. National Avg.

66%

cost Rank

#24

salary

High Paying

Compared to national avg.

Average Salary Two Years Out of School

$54K

Vs. National Avg.

35%

salary Rank

#12

professors

Very Good

Compared to national avg.

Professor Rating

B-

Vs. National Avg.

30%

professors Rank

#25

students

Very Diverse

Compared to national avg.

Diversity Rating

B-

Vs. National Avg.

17%

students Rank

#26

SUMMARY

Choosing to study Financial Mathematics is a valuable choice and ordinarily an essential first step for undergrads wanting to begin a career as a portfolio manager, an internal revenue officer, or a trading floor analyst. In fact, financial mathematics is an uncommon degree being the 298th most popular degree. Last year, there were 400 financial mathematics graduates. In-state tuition for financial mathematics at private schools is, on average, 4.1 times more spendy than their public rivals.

With just 36 institutions offering this degree you might have limited options as to the institutions you can choose from. If you're hoping to immerse yourself with other financial mathematics students, look at universities in California which have the most students admitted to financial mathematics annually. More generally, the best region to get a degree in financial mathematics is in the Far West region with University of California-Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and University of Portland best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the top conference to major in financial mathematics is the Pacific-12 Conference with University of California-Los Angeles representing the conference. Based on our extensive list of the best colleges, our choice for the best college for financial mathematics is Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The objectively best school is not necessarily the best school for you. There can be lots more factors to consider when deciding on school. External stuff such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food could definitely modify your choice of where to go to university. Here at Authority, we have evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which financial mathematics college boasts the top campus, the answer is University of California-Los Angeles. If you are very interested in which university boasts the best campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more in order to compare each major in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can explore our well researched list for the schools with the best student life&nbspand, from that list, our choice of the university with the best student life for financial mathematics is Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Curious why? Continue reading to find out more about Authority's top recommendations. Many of our decisions will probably shock you.

If cost is a primary deciding factor in your decisions, you might consider avoiding University of Southern California. University of Southern California&nbspappears to be the most expensive college for financial mathematics, at least regarding out of state students. That being said, we have a page for the most expensive&nbspuniversities that could put the cost of University of Southern California&nbspinto perspective. You may also care to know that financial mathematics is the 68th most expensive degree in the United States, with an average bill of $44,000. To zoom out a little, the most expensive state for financial mathematics on our list is Pennsylvania demonstrated by a cost of $55,816 at Carnegie Mellon University. To zoom out even further, the most costly region for financial mathematics is the Far West region which is best demonstrated with University of Southern California with a cost of $57,256, University of Portland with a cost of $47,478, and Whitman College with a cost of $53,420.

Our cheapest region for financial mathematics is the Southeast region which is represented by University of Kentucky with a cost of $29,331. On the bright side, the most affordable university for financial mathematics is CUNY Bernard M Baruch College. Authority.org's full list of the most affordable universities can be explored here.

In-state students can anticipate paying around $12,400 for a degree in financial mathematics. That price balloons by a lot to a median of $31,200 for an out-of-state public-school student. Our pick for the university constituting the best value for financial mathematics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Through this link you can see our comprehensive list on the universities we see as being the best value&nbspin general. That being said, this section is predicated on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when it comes to in-state tuition, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for financial mathematics students vary a lot, but two-years after leaving college graduates will often earn around $63,900. While there can be a lot of variation in earnings; highest paid earners can rake in up to $133,700. Even right out of school, the minimum earning jobs within the financial mathematics field make $30,100, which could be worse. The highest earning grads from financial mathematics attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology&nbspand if you want to find the colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The all-around diversity of financial mathematics falls below average, ranking in the 44th percentile of majors nationally. The college with the most composite diversity for financial mathematics is Massachusetts Institute of Technology&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the most diversity. The financial diversity of the Financial Mathematics major only sits in the 15th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is actually above financial diversity, in the 35th percentile. Students who are not asian, white, black, or latino compose the largest share at 66% of scholars majoring in financial mathematics. Additionally, 61% of undergrads pursuing a financial mathematics degree are men.

We have insufficient professors data for financial mathematics to make the conclusions we normally would have made in this sentence. As we consider data other than basic rankings it becomes clear that the university with comprehensively the best instructors for financial mathematics is Massachusetts Institute of Technology. You will find more detail on our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with some of the finest instructors nationwide.

Finally, the most difficult college to get into for financial mathematics is Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we do have a general list of the hardest colleges to get into. But, here at Authority we hope you understand that approaching academics with a lens only informed by superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental issues. We hope you explore our other pages on individual schools and explore a couple of Authority's background articles on important details to think about as you progress with your university search.

Top 25 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

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Rating

#1 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA | www.harvard.edu/

5%

Acceptance

41,024

Students

#3

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#2 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Stanford University

Stanford, CA | www.stanford.edu/

5%

Acceptance

20,961

Students

#2

Ranking

$56K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#3 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA | web.mit.edu/

7%

Acceptance

12,195

Students

#1

Ranking

$53K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#4 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Yale University

New Haven, CT | https://www.yale.edu/

7%

Acceptance

14,910

Students

#8

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#5 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Brown University

Providence, RI | www.brown.edu/

8%

Acceptance

10,807

Students

#13

Ranking

$61K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#6 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Duke University

Durham, NC | www.duke.edu/

8%

Acceptance

17,855

Students

#6

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#7 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA | https://www.hmc.edu/

18%

Acceptance

1,132

Students

#20

Ranking

$59K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#8 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA | www.cmu.edu/

17%

Acceptance

15,567

Students

#21

Ranking

$59K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#9 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL | www.uchicago.edu/

7%

Acceptance

20,413

Students

#11

Ranking

$61K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#10 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA | www.caltech.edu/

7%

Acceptance

2,319

Students

#9

Ranking

$57K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#11 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY | www.columbia.edu/

7%

Acceptance

33,882

Students

#10

Ranking

$62K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#12 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Rice University

Houston, TX | www.rice.edu/

11%

Acceptance

8,005

Students

#22

Ranking

$51K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#13 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD | www.jhu.edu/

11%

Acceptance

34,250

Students

#4

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#14 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ | www.princeton.edu/

6%

Acceptance

8,532

Students

#5

Ranking

$49K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#15 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA | www.ucla.edu/

14%

Acceptance

46,947

Students

#50

Ranking

$43K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#16 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA | www.upenn.edu/

9%

Acceptance

30,688

Students

#7

Ranking

$60K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#17 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO | www.wustl.edu/

16%

Acceptance

17,893

Students

#18

Ranking

$57K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#18 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH | www.dartmouth.edu/

9%

Acceptance

7,171

Students

#15

Ranking

$60K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#19 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY | www.cornell.edu/

11%

Acceptance

24,594

Students

#14

Ranking

$59K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#20 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA | www.berkeley.edu/

17%

Acceptance

45,878

Students

#55

Ranking

$44K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#21 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN | www.vanderbilt.edu/

12%

Acceptance

13,918

Students

#17

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#22 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN | www.nd.edu/

19%

Acceptance

13,268

Students

#16

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#23 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Pomona College

Claremont, CA | www.pomona.edu/

9%

Acceptance

1,733

Students

#40

Ranking

$55K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#24 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI | https://umich.edu/

26%

Acceptance

49,530

Students

#33

Ranking

$52K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#25 2024 Best Colleges for Financial Mathematics

Amherst College

Amherst, MA | www.amherst.edu/

12%

Acceptance

1,940

Students

#29

Ranking

$61K

Tuition

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