The department promotes excellence in teaching, and it has a diverse faculty engaged in research covering broad areas in mathematics, statistics and their applications. At the undergraduate level, the department offers degrees with concentrations in actuarial science, applied mathematics, computer information systems, computer science, decision science or statistics as well as the option of no concentration.

At the graduate level, students can earn a master’s degree in mathematics, master’s degree in applied statistics, and PhD in mathematics and statistics. As of Fall 2024, the department is offering a new PhD concentration in machine learning and data science. Faculty members have been directing PhD dissertations within the department, jointly with other departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, and in conjunction with other colleges and universities.