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2022 Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate

5 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$28,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 345 people earned their degree in computational mathematics, making the major the 746th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 computational mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in computational mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computational mathematics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computational mathematics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree computational math students.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Mathematics

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Computational Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate list. UCSD is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 2 doctorate’s computational math degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computational Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s computational math degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Computational Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Middle Tennessee State University are $26,172, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Computational Mathematics at Middle Tennessee State University

#4

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate list. UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s computational math degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree computational math students list, UNC Greensboro has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Computational Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Computational Mathematics Report

#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Computational Math Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s computational math degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Computational Mathematics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computational Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon

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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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