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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Applied Mathematics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,536 people earned their degree in general applied mathematics, making the major the 162nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 235 general applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 general applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general applied mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general applied mathematics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general applied mathematics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Applied Mathematics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general applied math degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 33 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general applied math students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general applied math students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s general applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students with aid.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s general applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general applied math students with aid per year to attend University of Houston - Downtown.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Baylor University is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s general applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general applied math students with aid list, Baylor has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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%.

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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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