Mathematics at University of Maryland - College Park

What traits are you looking for in a math school? To help you decide if University of Maryland - College Park is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's math program.

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 229 math majors received their bachelor's degree from UMCP.

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

UMCP Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Doctorate Degree in Math

UMCP Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks math programs across the country. The following shows how UMCP 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 UMCP 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 Popular Mathematics Graduate Certificate Schools	18
Most Focused Mathematics Graduate Certificate Schools	18

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in math from UMCP. This is the #289 most popular school for math master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Math Graduates from UMCP Make?

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMCP is $56,839. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 32% higher than the national average of $43,164 for all math bachelor's degree recipients.

Math Student Demographics at UMCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at University of Maryland - College Park.

UMCP Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	97
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UMCP also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Statistics
• Applied Mathematics

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Statisticians	2,950	$107,400
Mathematical Science Professors	860	$87,300
Mathematicians	180	$115,940

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.