General Applied Mathematics at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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

Harvard General Applied Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Applied Math
• Master’s Degree in General Applied Math

Harvard General Applied Mathematics Rankings

The general applied math major at Harvard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Applied 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in general applied math, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Applied Math Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general applied math majors at Harvard University.

Harvard General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of general applied math bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical general applied math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general applied math bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	38
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Harvard General Applied Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of general applied math master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

In the general applied math master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in general applied math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Computational Mathematics

Careers That General Applied Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in general applied 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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Statisticians	3,090	$108,670
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200
Actuaries	1,260	$114,050

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.