MSU - Advanced Math Major, an amazing small program within a large university
https://admissions.msu.edu/academics/majors-degrees-programs/mathematics-advanced
- The math department offers quite a few advanced honors classes (analysis, abstract algebra, etc) which are usually attended by fewer than 20 students
- Students can take up to 2 grad level classes each semester
- Top incoming students are offered a Professional Assistantship, a paid research position for the first 2 years
Professorial Assistantship (PA) Program - MSU Honors College - There are spring research programs open to everyone (as part of their Discover America exchange program)
- Starting their sophomore year, students can work as Undergraduate Learning Assistants (undergraduate equivalent of TAs) and tutors at the Math Learning Center
- The math department has offered a summer Topology School for the last two summers
- The faculty is very accessible
On top of his PA research, my son was invited to do research in his freshman year and has been part of the group since then. He has also proofread and provided exercise solutions and feedback for a book one of his professors is working on. With all his APs and DE, he is pretty much taking math classes only, half of which are graduate level classes. He has been a recitation leader since the fall of his sophomore year. There is much more but I would like to keep it “college confidential”
MSU offers lots of automatic scholarships for OOS in addition to their competitive scholarships. There are also additional scholarships for NMF.
UTK honors program is another program, your son may be interested in.