by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Mathematics & Statistics is the 17th most popular major in the country with 52,396 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mathematics and statistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,845 and had an average of $21,658 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 7,892 mathematics and statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,152 and $22,208 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5,017 mathematics and statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 208 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics and statistics. That schools that top this list have a program in mathematics and statistics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree mathematics & statistics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - East. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Richmond, Indiana, this small public school handed out 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mathematics and statistics students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 208 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hillsdale College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hillsdale College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hillsdale, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wabash College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Crawfordsville, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mathematics and statistics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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 208 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Wooster landed the #4 spot on the list. The College of Wooster is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wooster, Ohio. It awarded 25 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Lawrence University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Appleton, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Oberlin College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Oberlin College is a small school located in Oberlin, Ohio that handed out 33 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Kenyon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Gambier, Ohio, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
University of Notre Dame did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Notre Dame, Indiana. It awarded 166 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #10, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 564 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Mathematics & Statistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eureka College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eureka College is a small school located in Eureka, Illinois that handed out 5 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
Beloit College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Beloit College 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 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Mathematics & Statistics at Beloit College
University of Chicago came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees to 230 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Illinois College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Jacksonville, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mathematics and statistics students in 2020-2021.
Monmouth College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Monmouth is a small school located in Monmouth, Illinois that handed out 8 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
University of Evansville landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evansville, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Evansville Mathematics & Statistics Report
Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Terre Haute, Indiana. It awarded 16 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics 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. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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Franklin College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Franklin, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mathematics and statistics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Aquinas College Michigan did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #19. Grand Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Defiance College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #20. Defiance, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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Blackburn College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Blackburn College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Carlinville, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bluffton University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Bluffton, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mathematics and statistics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Wheaton College Illinois came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Wheaton, Illinois, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Carthage College ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Carthage College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Taylor University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mathematics & Statistics Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Taylor University is a small school located in Upland, Indiana that handed out 11 bachelors’s mathematics and statistics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Not only did these schools make the top 32 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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