2025 Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Mathematics is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #26 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 70 doctor's degrees in mathematics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Mathematics School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of mathematics for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality math program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 mathematics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mathematics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 much debt mathematics students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mathematics related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The math school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Mathematics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Mathematics in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in mathematics.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Math

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in mathematics has to check out University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

10 Annual Graduates

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in mathematics. UNL is a very large public university located in the large city of Lincoln.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

3

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in mathematics has to check out University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in mathematics from University of Missouri - Columbia

Best Mathematics Colleges by State

Explore the best mathematics schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	18
Minnesota	120	21
Iowa	110	20
Kansas	97	13
Nebraska	70	8
North Dakota	68	1

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Mathematics Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Mathematics & Statistics area of study, Mathematics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Math Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mathematics	70

Majors Similar to Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Statistics	70
Applied Mathematics	17

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.