Mathematics at Fairmont State University

If you are interested in studying mathematics, you may want to check out the program at Fairmont State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and approximately 3,848 students attend the school each year. Of the 695 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fairmont State University in 2021, 9 of them were mathematics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Fairmont State Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Fairmont State Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks math programs across the country. The following shows how Fairmont State performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Fairmont State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	390
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	488
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	519

Math Student Demographics at Fairmont State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at Fairmont State University.

Fairmont State Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Fairmont State since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math at Fairmont State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fairmont State University with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Fairmont State also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WV, the home state for Fairmont State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers	3,790	$47,050
Mathematical Science Professors	290	$53,410
Statisticians	110	$76,070

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By User:Scochran4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.