100 Best colleges for Mathematics in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Mathematics. A graph of 223M citations received by 5.39M academic papers made by 1,413 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Mathematics

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

2. Stanford University

For Mathematics

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Mathematics

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Mathematics

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

5. University of Washington - Seattle

For Mathematics

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Mathematics

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

7. Johns Hopkins University

For Mathematics

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

8. University of California - Los Angeles

For Mathematics

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

9. Cornell University

For Mathematics

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

10. Columbia University

For Mathematics

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

11. University of Pennsylvania

For Mathematics

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

12. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Mathematics

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

13. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Mathematics

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Mathematics

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

15. Carnegie Mellon University

For Mathematics

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

16. University of California-San Diego

For Mathematics

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

17. University of Texas at Austin

For Mathematics

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

18. University of Southern California

For Mathematics

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

19. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Mathematics

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

20. Princeton University

For Mathematics

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

21. Ohio State University

For Mathematics

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

22. Pennsylvania State University

For Mathematics

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

23. Yale University

For Mathematics

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

24. University of Chicago

For Mathematics

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

25. University of Maryland - College Park

For Mathematics

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

26. New York University

For Mathematics

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

27. University of Pittsburgh

For Mathematics

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

28. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Mathematics

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

29. Duke University

For Mathematics

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

30. Northwestern University

For Mathematics

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

31. Purdue University

For Mathematics

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

32. University of Florida

For Mathematics

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

33. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Mathematics

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

34. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Mathematics

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

35. Boston University

For Mathematics

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

36. Michigan State University

For Mathematics

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

37. University of California - San Francisco

For Mathematics

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

38. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Mathematics

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

39. University of California - Davis

For Mathematics

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

40. University of Arizona

For Mathematics

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

41. Washington University in St Louis

For Mathematics

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

42. University of California - Irvine

For Mathematics

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

43. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Mathematics

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

44. University of Iowa

For Mathematics

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

45. California Institute of Technology

For Mathematics

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

46. University of Virginia

For Mathematics

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

47. University of Utah

For Mathematics

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

48. Iowa State University

For Mathematics

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

49. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Mathematics

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

50. Vanderbilt University

For Mathematics

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

51. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Mathematics

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

52. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Mathematics

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Net Price
$12,328
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,018

53. University of Rochester

For Mathematics

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

54. Emory University

For Mathematics

#101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

55. Brown University

For Mathematics

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,256

56. University of Colorado Boulder

For Mathematics

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

57. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Mathematics

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

58. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Mathematics

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

59. University of Connecticut

For Mathematics

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

60. University at Buffalo

For Mathematics

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

61. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Mathematics

#154 in the World
Enrollment
359
Male:Female
22:78
Founded
1941

62. Case Western Reserve University

For Mathematics

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

63. Florida State University

For Mathematics

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

64. University of Georgia

For Mathematics

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

65. University of South Florida

For Mathematics

#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
89%

66. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Mathematics

#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
94%

67. University of Notre Dame

For Mathematics

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

68. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Mathematics

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

69. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Mathematics

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

70. University of Kentucky

For Mathematics

#175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

71. University of Miami

For Mathematics

#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

72. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Mathematics

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
95%

73. George Washington University

For Mathematics

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$46,485

74. University of Delaware

For Mathematics

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

75. University of Cincinnati

For Mathematics

#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

76. Stony Brook University

For Mathematics

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

77. Wayne State University

For Mathematics

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

78. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Mathematics

#207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,636
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

79. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Mathematics

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

80. University of Kansas

For Mathematics

#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

81. Syracuse University

For Mathematics

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$48,215

82. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Mathematics

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

83. Rice University

For Mathematics

#218 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,589

84. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Mathematics

#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

85. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Mathematics

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$16,694

86. George Mason University

For Mathematics

#223 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

87. University of Houston

For Mathematics

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

88. Tufts University

For Mathematics

#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,367

89. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Mathematics

#229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

90. University of Central Florida

For Mathematics

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
92%

91. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Mathematics

#233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

92. University of New Mexico

For Mathematics

#239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1030
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
100%

93. University of California - Riverside

For Mathematics

#242 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$24,355
Enrollment
26,384

94. Oregon State University

For Mathematics

#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

95. Baylor College of Medicine

For Mathematics

#249 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,774
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

96. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Mathematics

#257 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,261
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1963

97. Dartmouth College

For Mathematics

#269 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

98. Wake Forest University

For Mathematics

#279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,401

99. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Mathematics

#281 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Receiving Aid
64%
Average Aid
$22,774
Enrollment
19,938

100. Temple University

For Mathematics

#283 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$14,837
Enrollment
29,640

The best cities to study Mathematics in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Stanford, Berkeley, and Ann Arbor.