by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Major in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 30,202 people earned their degree in mathematics, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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 Maryland, there were 701 mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,366 and $21,027 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Major in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Major in Maryland”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Morgan State University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s math degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Major in Maryland. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 56 diplomas to qualified masters’s math students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math Major in Maryland list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 241 degrees to qualified masters’s math students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, 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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