Financial Mathematics

A program that focuses on the application of mathematics and statistics to the finance industry, including the development, critique, and use of various financial models. Includes instruction in probability theory, statistical analysis, numerical methods, computation and simulation methods, stochastic processes, economics, and financial markets and applications.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 121 institutions across the United States, with a total of 16657 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

389

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

5,107

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

11,105

awards given

Top Schools for Financial Mathematics

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	1,038
2	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	579
3	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	567
4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	552
5	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	540
6	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	513
7	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	492
8	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	492
9	Northeastern University Boston, MA	474
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	447
11	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	438
12	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	351
13	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	342
14	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	327
15	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	324
16	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	318
17	Boston University Boston, MA	303
18	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	297
19	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	294
20	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	288
21	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	282
22	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	270
23	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	246
24	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	246
25	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	240
26	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	231
27	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	210
28	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	204
29	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	201
30	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	195
31	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	192
32	New York University New York, NY	189
33	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	180
34	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	159
35	Yale University New Haven, CT	153
36	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	153
37	University of Houston Houston, TX	141
38	George Washington University Washington, DC	138
39	Babson College Wellesley, MA	135
40	DePaul University Chicago, IL	132
41	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	126
42	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	126
43	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	123
44	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	120
45	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	117
46	Clark University Worcester, MA	117
47	Bentley University Waltham, MA	117
48	Fordham University Bronx, NY	114
49	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	114
50	University of New Haven West Haven, CT	114
51	Seattle University Seattle, WA	111
52	Villanova University Villanova, PA	108
53	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	108
54	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	108
55	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	105
56	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	102
57	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	102
58	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	96
59	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	96
60	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	90
61	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	90
62	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	87
63	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL	75
64	University of North Texas Denton, TX	63
65	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	63
66	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	54
67	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	54
68	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	51
69	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	51
70	Portland State University Portland, OR	51
71	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	48
72	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	45
73	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	42
74	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	39
75	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	39
76	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	39
77	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	36
78	Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	36
79	University of St Thomas Houston, TX	33
80	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	30
81	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	30
82	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	30
83	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	30
84	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	27
85	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	27
86	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	27
87	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley Malvern, PA	24
88	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	24
89	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	21
90	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	21
91	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	21
92	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	21
93	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	21
94	Northern State University Aberdeen, SD	18
95	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN	18
96	Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TX	18
97	University of Dallas Irving, TX	18
98	Canisius University Buffalo, NY	15
99	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	12
100	Keuka College Keuka Park, NY	12