2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,164 people earned their degree in computational and applied mathematics, making the major the 388th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 171 computational and applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 computational and applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computational and applied mathematics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computational and applied mathematics.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The computational and applied math school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational & Applied Mathematics in the Southeast Region

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 13 masters’s computational and applied math degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Read full report on Computational & Applied Mathematics at Virginia Tech

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Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computational and Applied Math Major in the Southeast Region. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computational and applied math degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Computational & Applied Mathematics at Old Dominion University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational & Applied Mathematics

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson.