by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Major in Wisconsin” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Mathematics is the 35th most popular major in the country with 30,202 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mathematics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,168 and had an average of $21,863 in loans still to pay off.
Across Wisconsin, there were 786 mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,166 and $24,319 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,274 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Major in Wisconsin” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics. That schools that top this list have a program in mathematics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Major in Wisconsin” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin doctor’s degree math students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Major in Wisconsin. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 9 doctorate’s math degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s math degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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