Mathematics at Grand Valley State University

Every mathematics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the math program at Grand Valley State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350.

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

GVSU Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

GVSU Mathematics Rankings

The math major at GVSU 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.

Math Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	56
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Mathematics

Mathematics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grand Valley State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mathematics	65

Related Majors

• Statistics

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Mathematical Science Professors	1,730	$85,970
Natural Sciences Managers	1,570	$113,840
Statisticians	780	$80,920

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.