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title: Is a Mathematics and Statistics, Other degree worth the debt?
cip: 2799
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is a Mathematics and Statistics, Other degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **8** colleges (8 of 8 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $49,690 ($52,107 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $20,462 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.45× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $43,162–$72,355 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bachelor's | $49,690 | $20,462 | 0.45× | 8 | 8/8 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | $95,621 | — |
| University of Notre Dame (IN) | $74,224 | $19,000 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) | $71,732 | — |
| Fordham University (NY) | $55,397 | $22,375 |
| University at Albany (NY) | $43,984 | $19,895 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte (NC) | $43,921 | $22,500 |
| St. Joseph's University-New York (NY) | $40,884 | $20,462 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City (MO) | $38,294 | — |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

Structured data: `/education/fields/mathematics-and-statistics-other.jsonld` · `/education/fields/mathematics-and-statistics-other.json`