General Mathematics

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2023
26,782
declining 6.15%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$7,247
growing 2.5%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$37,346
growing 3.86%

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Mathematics and the types of students that study this field. University of Wisconsin-Madison awards the most degrees in General Mathematics in the US.

Tuition costs for General Mathematics majors are, on average, $7,247 for in-state public colleges, and $37,346 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Mathematics programs are N/A institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (15,701 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Mathematics (2023)
  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison
    396 degrees awarded
  2. The University of Texas at Austin
    325 degrees awarded
  3. University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    310 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Mathematics, is Public, 4-year or above (15,701 completions in 2023).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Mathematics programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,247
Median In-State Public
$37,346
Median Out of State Private

University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most General Mathematics degree recipients, with 396 degrees awarded in 2023.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Mathematics
  1. Los Angeles County, CA
    1,429 degrees awarded
  2. Orange County, CA
    811 degrees awarded
  3. San Diego County, CA
    497 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Mathematics by year.

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Math & Statistics in the United States.

N/A Male employees are more likely to hold Math & Statistics degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Math & Statistics (12,192 students).

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Mathematics is from the 2 Digit Course Math & Statistics.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Math & Statistics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (62.9%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Mathematics.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    12,192 degrees awarded
  2. Non-resident Alien
    4,609 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    3,827 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Mathematics for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Mathematics is from the 2 Digit Course Math & Statistics.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. India
    34,323 degree recipients
  2. China
    33,475 degree recipients
  3. Korea
    7,360 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. USSR
    6.45 times more than expected
  2. Czechoslovakia
    4.37 times more than expected
  3. China
    3.86 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in USSR that hold Math & Statistics degrees (6.45 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (34,323 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Mathematics field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Mathematics majors need many skills, but most especially Mathematics. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Mathematics majors need more than the average amount of N/A.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Mathematics majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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