2025 Best General Applied Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools

General Applied Mathematics is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #80 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general applied mathematics students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 266 doctor's degrees in general applied mathematics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Applied Mathematics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of general applied mathematics for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general applied mathematics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general applied mathematics students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general applied mathematics related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general applied mathematics students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Applied Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Applied Mathematics in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general applied mathematics students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in General Applied Math

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Brown University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general applied mathematics. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general applied mathematics from Brown University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - College Park is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general applied mathematics. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in general applied mathematics from University of Maryland - College Park

3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat North Carolina State University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general applied mathematics. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Raleigh.More information about a doctorate in general applied mathematics from North Carolina State University

4

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Stony Brook University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general applied mathematics. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general applied mathematics from Stony Brook University

5

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in general applied mathematics from University of Colorado Boulder

General Applied Mathematics by Region

View the Best General Applied Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Applied Math

General Applied Mathematics is one of 5 different types of Applied Mathematics programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to General Applied Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computational & Applied Mathematics	33
Financial Mathematics	17
Computational Mathematics	15
Other Applied Mathematics	9

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson. More about our data sources and methodologies.