Applied Mathematics at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 44 of them were applied mathematics majors.

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

SDSU Applied Mathematics Degrees Available

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

SDSU Applied Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the applied math progam at SDSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 applied math major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	124

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in applied math from SDSU. This makes it the #95 most popular school for applied math master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SDSU Applied Math Graduates

The median salary of applied math students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $45,625. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $51,707 for all applied math students.

Applied Math Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in applied math from SDSU in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical applied math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its applied math bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	18
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SDSU Applied Mathematics Master’s Program

Of the 8 applied math students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SDSU, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the applied math master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Mathematics
• Statistics

Careers That Applied Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Financial Specialists	19,100	$80,720
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.