2025 Best General Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general mathematics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #23 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 doctor's degrees in general mathematics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The mathematical sciences doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general mathematics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general mathematics students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general mathematics related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Mathematics in North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Mathematical Sciences

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general mathematics has to check out Duke University. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a doctorate in general mathematics from Duke University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general mathematics. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mathematics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 mathematics. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general mathematics from North Carolina State University

Best General Mathematics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Mathematics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	46
Georgia	190	16
Virginia	182	23
Mississippi	154	2
Tennessee	150	18
Louisiana	146	17
Alabama	139	17
South Carolina	135	8
Kentucky	119	7
Arkansas	74	2
West Virginia	61	3

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General Mathematics Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Mathematics area of study, General Mathematics has other similar majors worth exploring.

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.