Applied Mathematics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #35 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for applied mathematics students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 101 master's degrees in applied mathematics to qualified students.
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To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on applied mathematics students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other applied mathematics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for applied mathematics to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied mathematics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for applied mathematics students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Applied Mathematics Master's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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It's hard to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a master's degree in applied mathematics. Located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the applied math program report average early career income of $76,647.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team
