Algebra / Number Theory / Algebraic Geometry

Ranked in 2010, part of Math

Graduate students in algebra, number theory, and algebraic geometry courses build upon knowledge first learned in grade school. These are the best math schools for algebra / number theory / algebraic geometry programs.

Rank School name
#16 Brown University

Providence, RI

#12 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

#8 Columbia University

New York, NY

#20 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

#1 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

#12 Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

#2 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

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

Piscataway, NJ

#7 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#3 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

#9 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#18 University of California–​San Diego

La Jolla, CA

#4 University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#15 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Urbana, IL

#6 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#18 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

#16 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

#11 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

#10 Yale University

New Haven, CT

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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