数学（Mathematics）属于基础学科之一，几乎是所有学科的基础，分纯数学（Pure Mathematics）和应用数学（Applied Mathematics）两种。前者研究数学本身不以任何实际应用为目标。虽然许多研究以纯数学开始，但其过程中也发现许多应用之处。后者广泛应用于不同的领域中，包括科学、工程、医学和经济学等。应用数学有时亦会激起新的数学发现，并导致全新学科的发展。
2015年USNews美国大学研究生数学专业排名
| 常见学位 | BA、BS、MS、PhD |
| 典型职业及平均年薪 | 精算、统计师等：$84,740 |
| 签证敏感度 | 无 |
| 高中课程准备 | 理科 |
| 所属专业领域 | 理科 |
| 相关排名 |
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课程列表
| 微积分 | Calculus I-IV |
| 微分方程 | Differential Equations |
| 线性代数 | Linear Algebra |
| 抽象代数 | Abstract Algebra |
| 数学史 | History of Mathematics |
| 矢量分析 | Vector Analysis |
| 复变数 | Complex Variables |
| 数学解析 | Mathematical Analysis |
| 数论 | Number Theory |
| 几何学 | Geometry |
| 数学统计学 | Mathematical Statistics |
就业状况
| 职业名称 | 职业英文名 | 从业人数 | 平均年薪 |
| 数学相关职业（整体） | Mathematical Science Occupations | 123,070 | $86,470 |
| 精算 | Actuaries | 20,080 | $107,740 |
| 数学家 | Mathematicians | 3,030 | $103,310 |
| 运营分析师 | Operations Research Analysts | 72,680 | $81,660 |
| 统计师 | Statisticians | 24,950 | $83,310 |
| 数学相关职业（杂项） | Miscellaneous Mathematical Science Occupations | 2,330 | $64,930 |
| 数学技师 | Mathematical Technicians | 1,080 | $60,260 |
| 其它数学相关职业 | Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other | 1,240 | $69,000 |
2015年USNews美国大学研究生数学专业排名
| 排名 | 院校 | 分数 |
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
5.0 |
| #1 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
5.0 |
| #3 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
4.9 |
| #3 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
4.9 |
| #5 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
4.8 |
| #5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
4.8 |
| #7 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
4.6 |
| #7 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
4.6 |
| #9 | Columbia University New York, NY |
4.5 |
| #9 | New York University New York, NY |
4.5 |
| #9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
4.5 |
| #9 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
4.5 |
| #13 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
4.3 |
| #14 | Brown University Providence, RI |
4.2 |
| #14 | University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX |
4.2 |
| #14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI |
4.2 |
| #17 | Duke University Durham, NC |
4.0 |
| #17 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
4.0 |
| #17 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL |
4.0 |
| #17 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD |
4.0 |
| #17 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
4.0 |
| #17 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
4.0 |
| #23 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ |
3.9 |
| #23 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA |
3.9 |
| #25 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
3.8 |
| #25 | Stony Brook University-SUNY Stony Brook, NY |
3.8 |
| #25 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
3.8 |
| #28 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
3.7 |
| #28 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
3.7 |
| #28 | Pennsylvania State University-University Park University Park, PA |
3.7 |
| #28 | Purdue University-West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN |
3.7 |
| #28 | Rice University Houston, TX |
3.7 |
| #28 | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
3.7 |
| #34 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
3.6 |
| #34 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN |
3.6 |
| #34 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA |
3.6 |
| #34 | University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, IL |
3.6 |
| #34 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
3.6 |
| #39 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY |
3.5 |
| #39 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
3.5 |
| #41 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA |
3.4 |
| #41 | Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX |
3.4 |
| #41 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
3.4 |
| #41 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA |
3.4 |
| #41 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
3.4 |
| #46 | Boston University Boston, MA |
3.3 |
| #46 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
3.3 |
| #46 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
3.3 |
| #46 | University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, CO |
3.3 |
| #46 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
3.3 |
| #46 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
3.3 |
| #52 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH |
3.2 |
| #52 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC |
3.2 |
| #52 | University of Georgia Athens, GA |
3.2 |
| #52 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
3.2 |
| #56 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
3.1 |
| #56 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
3.1 |
| #56 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
3.1 |
| #56 | University of Oregon Eugene, OR |
3.1 |
| #60 | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
3.0 |
| #60 | Northeastern University Boston, MA |
3.0 |
| #60 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA |
3.0 |
| #60 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
3.0 |
| #60 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
3.0 |
| #65 | Emory University Atlanta, GA |
2.9 |
| #65 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
2.9 |
| #65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE |
2.9 |
| #68 | Iowa State University Ames, IA |
2.8 |
| #68 | Tulane University New Orleans, LA |
2.8 |
| #68 | University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA |
2.8 |
| #68 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS |
2.8 |
| #68 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
2.8 |
| #73 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT |
2.7 |
| #73 | Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA |
2.7 |
| #73 | Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO |
2.7 |
| #73 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL |
2.7 |
| #73 | Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA |
2.7 |
| #73 | New York University Brooklyn, NY |
2.7 |
| #73 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR |
2.7 |
| #73 | Tufts University Medford, MA |
2.7 |
| #73 | University at Buffalo-SUNY Buffalo, NY |
2.7 |
| #73 | University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA |
2.7 |
| #73 | University of Delaware Newark, DE |
2.7 |
| #73 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
2.7 |
| #73 | University of Oklahoma Norman, OK |
2.7 |
| #73 | University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN |
2.7 |
| #87 | Binghamton University-SUNY Binghamton, NY |
2.6 |
| #87 | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
2.6 |
| #87 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-Newark Newark, NJ |
2.6 |
| #87 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
2.6 |
| #87 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
2.6 |
| #87 | University at Albany-SUNY Albany, NY |
2.6 |
| #87 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
2.6 |
| #87 | University of Houston Houston, TX |
2.6 |
| #95 | Auburn University Auburn, AL |
2.5 |
| #95 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
2.5 |
| #95 | Clemson University Clemson, SC |
2.5 |
| #95 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS |
2.5 |
| #95 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA |
2.5 |
| #95 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL |
2.5 |
| #95 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
2.5 |
| #95 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
2.5 |
| #103 | George Washington University Washington, DC |
2.4 |
| #103 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ |
2.4 |
| #103 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX |
2.4 |
| #103 | Washington State University Pullman, WA |
2.4 |
| #103 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA |
2.4 |
| #108 | Kent State University Kent, OH |
2.3 |
| #108 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX |
2.3 |
| #108 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
2.3 |
| #108 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH |
2.3 |
| #108 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI |
2.3 |
| #108 | Wayne State University Detroit, MI |
2.3 |
| #108 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT |
2.3 |
| #115 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA |
2.2 |
| #115 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO |
2.2 |
| #115 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA |
2.2 |
| #115 | New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM |
2.2 |
| #115 | Ohio University Athens, OH |
2.2 |
| #115 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL |
2.2 |
| #115 | University of Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, AL |
2.2 |
| #115 | University of Arkansas-Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR |
2.2 |
| #115 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
2.2 |
| #115 | University of Colorado-Denver Denver, CO |
2.2 |
| #115 | University of North Carolina-Charlotte Charlotte, NC |
2.2 |
| #126 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL |
2.1 |
| #126 | University of Hawaii-Manoa Honolulu, HI |
2.1 |
| #126 | University of Louisville Louisville, KY |
2.1 |
| #126 | University of Memphis Memphis, TN |
2.1 |
| #126 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI |
2.1 |
| #126 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT |
2.1 |
| #126 | University of Wyoming Laramie, WY |
2.1 |
| #126 | Utah State University Logan, UT |
2.1 |
| #134 | Baylor University Waco, TX |
2.0 |
| #134 | Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS |
2.0 |
| #134 | St. Louis University St. Louis, MO |
2.0 |
| #134 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ |
2.0 |
| #134 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL |
2.0 |
| #134 | University of Denver Denver, CO |
2.0 |
| #134 | University of Mississippi University, MS |
2.0 |
| #134 | University of North Texas Denton, TX |
2.0 |
| #134 | University of Texas-Arlington Arlington, TX |
2.0 |
| #134 | University of Texas-Dallas Richardson, TX |
2.0 |
| #134 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
2.0 |