2024 Best Financial Mathematics Schools in California

Financial Mathematics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #153 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for financial mathematics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 594 degrees in financial mathematics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Financial Mathematics Schools List

Choosing a Great Financial Mathematics School

The financial math program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Financial Mathematics rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for financial mathematics schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Financial Mathematics Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Financial Mathematics Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Financial Mathematics in California

The schools below may not offer all types of financial math degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top California Schools in Financial Math

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In CA

107 Financial Math Degrees Awarded

University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in financial mathematics. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were about 107 financial mathematics students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In CA

83 Financial Math Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a degree in financial mathematics. UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 5th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were approximately 83 financial mathematics students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.

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3

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In CA

96 Financial Math Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat University of California - Berkeley if you want to pursue a degree in financial mathematics. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.

There were approximately 96 financial mathematics students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.

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4

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In CA

140 Financial Math Degrees Awarded

University of California - San Diego is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in financial mathematics. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were roughly 140 financial mathematics students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.

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5

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

5th Most Popular In CA

65 Financial Math Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were approximately 65 financial mathematics students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Financial Mathematics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Financial Mathematics Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	831	35
Oregon	587	79

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Rankings in Majors Related to Financial Math

One of 5 majors within the Applied Mathematics area of study, Financial Mathematics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Financial Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Applied Mathematics	1,005
Computational & Applied Mathematics	173
Other Applied Mathematics	154
Computational Mathematics	111

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson.

More about our data sources and methodologies.