Mathematics at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you are interested in studying mathematics, you may want to check out the program at University of South Carolina - Columbia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 students attend the school each year.

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

UofSC Mathematics Degrees Available

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

UofSC Mathematics Rankings

The math major at UofSC 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in math, making the school the #119 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Math Student Demographics at UofSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at University of South Carolina - Columbia.

UofSC Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math at UofSC 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 University of South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UofSC Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of math master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a math master's degree from UofSC, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Columbia with a master's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
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 University of South Carolina - Columbia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mathematics	51

Related Majors

• Applied Mathematics
• Applied Statistics
• 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Mathematical Science Professors	670	$88,720
Natural Sciences Managers	530	$91,270
Statisticians	230	$68,320

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.