MATHEMATICS DEGREES
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 ### UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

 Mathematics is much more popular than most majors in the United States of America. A normal major hands out 6,156 bachelor's degrees a year; 21,856 people last May were granted bachelor's degrees in mathematics, making it the 27th most popular subject in the United States of America. [The University of Texas at Austin](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-austin)​ conferred more of those degrees than any other college in the United States of America (294), and colleges in California gave out more degrees than any U.S. State (2,363).

 It may be hard to track down the right college, as 1,238 colleges across the nation grant bachelor's degrees in mathematics. Undergrad degrees in mathematics are available at 6.5 times more colleges than the typical major, making it the 8th most commonly available US focus.

 ### GRADUATE DEGREES

 While more or less 6 in every 7 degrees in mathematics last spring were four-year degrees; 15% were grad degrees. Mathematics is the 56th most popular graduate degree in the USA, with 3,930 degrees granted. For context, mathematics is 42% more popular among graduate students than the average subject.

 In Total, 25,786 students received a bachelor's or higher in mathematics last spring.

 ### ONLINE MATHEMATICS DEGREES

 343 of those 25,786 alumni (1.3%) did their studies remotely - 231 college students and 112 postgraduate students. As you've likely gleaned, mathematics is an incredibly unpopular online field. It's the 86th most in-demand remote concentration with 52% less remote students than the average subject. For graduate students, it ranks 129th, and is 81.8% under the nation's average (616).

  [Southern New Hampshire University](/colleges/southern-new-hampshire-university)​ awarded the most online undergrad degrees in mathematics in the nation (153). Last fall, 86,849 undergraduate students were enrolled in the college online, 93% of their student body. They offer 35 online fields. That's 56% of their subjects.

 Additionally, Colleges from New Hampshire conferred the most online undergrad degrees in mathematics last year (153). On its own, New Hampshire graduates 66% of the US' online students.

 Just 1.1% of all bachelor's degrees in mathematics are completed through completely online programs, (2.8% for grad degrees). 11.59% of [Ottawa University-Online's](/colleges/ottawa-university-online)​ last undergraduate class studied mathematics totally remote, higher than any other American college. 8 students in their 69 student class completed an online bachelor's degree in mathematics. They offer 23 programs fully remote, and had 205 enrolled online college students last fall. That's 100% of the student body.

 Undergrad degrees in mathematics are available remotely at 25 institutions countrywide, making it the 8th most broadly available online area of study in the United States. 2% of colleges that have the degree even have an online option, and 44% of the schools offering the degree online are public. The other 56% are private. Kansas has the most totally online programs of any state, with 3 institutions to choose from.

 If you want to study mathematics completely remotely, you may want to view the [University of Massachusetts-Lowell](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-lowell), as it has the 148th best mathematics program in the country. They also grant an additional 48 degrees remotely, so you can explore classes inside another major. Further, they have 2,164 remote college students, which is 15% of their student body.

 ### PARTIALLY ONLINE MATHEMATICS DEGREES

 * 4,080 students earned a four-year degree in mathematics partially online last May
* Mathematics is the 6th most commonly available partially online bachelor's degree in America
* Last year, 4,564 students received a bachelor's or higher in mathematics partially online
* [Texas A&M University-Texarkana's](/colleges/texas-a-m-university-texarkana)​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of partially online mathematics majors than any other US school (2.26%)
* 3,930 students earned partially online advanced degrees in mathematics last year
* The average partially online subject hands out 1,683 annual bachelor's degrees or higher

 ### IN-PERSON MATHEMATICS DEGREES

 * Mathematics is the 24th most pursued totally in-person undergrad degree in the United States of America
* 161 schools in the country offer an undergraduate degree in mathematics in-person
* 80.23% of all undergraduate degree in mathematics are done in-person
* [Amherst College's](/colleges/amherst-college)​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of completely in-person mathematics majors than any other US institution (10.5%)
* 3,334 students earned exclusively in-person advanced degrees in mathematics last year
* The average area of study gives out 4,293 undergraduate degrees per annum in-person


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2023 Mathematics Popularity

There are about 102,355 students enrolled in Mathematics in the USA.