Mathematics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you plan to study mathematics, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 138 math majors received their bachelor's degree from UNC Chapel Hill.

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

UNC Chapel Hill Mathematics Degrees Available

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

UNC Chapel Hill Mathematics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at UNC Chapel Hill 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
Best Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools	32
	50
Most Popular Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools	167

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in math from UNC Chapel Hill. This makes it the #167 most popular school for math master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in math, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Math Graduates from UNC Chapel Hill Make?

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNC Chapel Hill is $47,767. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $43,164 for all math bachelor's degree recipients.

Math Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 math majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Of these graduates, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	66
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UNC Chapel Hill Mathematics Master’s Program

Of the 5 math students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNC Chapel Hill, about 80% were men and 20% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNC Chapel Hill also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 16 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,870	$74,330
Statisticians	1,500	$101,010

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.