2022 Best Value Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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In 2019-2020, 906 people earned their degree in computational and applied mathematics, making the major the 505th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 40 computational and applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 computational and applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computational and applied mathematics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computational and applied mathematics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree computational and applied math students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computational & Applied Mathematics in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$16,999 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rice University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computational & Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rice University is $16,999 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computational and Applied Math students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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