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General Mathematics is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,793 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 4,048 general mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,194 general mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 203 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general mathematics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general mathematics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree mathematical sciences students.
Out of the 203 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - East landed the #1 spot on the list. IU East is a public institution located in Richmond, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 203 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Wooster landed the #2 spot on the list. The College of Wooster is a small school located in Wooster, Ohio that handed out 25 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lawrence University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Appleton, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oberlin College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region. Oberlin, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 203 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kenyon College landed the #5 spot on the list. Gambier, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Wabash College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wabash is located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Eureka College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Eureka, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mathematical sciences students in 2020-2021.
Beloit College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Beloit is a private not-for-profit institution located in Beloit, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Illinois College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Illinois College is a small school located in Jacksonville, Illinois that handed out 10 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Aquinas College Michigan did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. Aquinas College Michigan is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Defiance College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Defiance College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Defiance, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Hillsdale College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Hillsdale, Michigan, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Monmouth College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Monmouth College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Monmouth, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Bluffton University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Bluffton, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mathematical sciences students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, University of Chicago did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 173 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mathematical sciences students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Carthage College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Carthage is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It awarded 17 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Kalamazoo College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #18. This small school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Franciscan University of Steubenville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #19. Franciscan U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Steubenville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Denison University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Denison University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Granville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Northland College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ashland, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Wilmington College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Wilmington, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mathematical sciences students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #23, Lake Erie College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Painesville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #24, Principia College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Elsah, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematical sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Blackburn College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #25. Blackburn is a private not-for-profit institution located in Carlinville, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Not only did these schools make the top 31 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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