Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

Ranked in 2010, part of Math

In discrete mathematics and combinatorics courses, students learn to master the use and combinations of integers, graphs, sets, and logic statements. These are the best graduate schools for discrete mathematics and combinatorics.

Rank School name
#11 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Urbana, IL

#10 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

#9 University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

#8 Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

#6 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#6 University of California–​San Diego

La Jolla, CA

#4 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–​New Brunswick

Piscataway, NJ

#4 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#3 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

#2 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

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