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

a master's degree in mathematics is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #61 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mathematics Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 221 master's degrees in mathematics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Mathematics School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of mathematics for getting your master'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 master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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

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 mathematics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mathematics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt mathematics students go into to obtain their master'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mathematics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Mathematics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Mathematics Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mathematics in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Math

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

19 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in mathematics. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a master’s in mathematics from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

11 Annual Graduates

University of Kansas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in mathematics. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in mathematics from University of Kansas

3

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

23 Annual Graduates

$60,117 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in mathematics needs to check out University of Northern Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cedar Falls.

Master's recipients from the mathematics program at University of Northern Iowa make $5,255 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in mathematics from University of Northern Iowa

4

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

13 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Nebraska at Omaha if you want to pursue a master's degree in mathematics. UNOMAHA is a large public university located in the large city of Omaha.More information about a master’s in mathematics from University of Nebraska at Omaha

5

University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in mathematics from University of Missouri - St Louis

Best Mathematics Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	65
Minnesota	174	18
Iowa	154	49
Kansas	149	49
Nebraska	123	25
North Dakota	115	13
South Dakota	89	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to Math

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

Math Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Mathematics	221

Most Popular Majors Related to Math

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Applied Mathematics	458
Statistics	125
Applied Statistics	28
Other Statistics	11

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.