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

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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.

This year’s “Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general applied mathematics program at the school. 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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

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

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the #1 spot on the 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students.

Full UH Downtown General Applied Mathematics Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general applied math degrees to 43 students 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. It costs about $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students per year to attend Texas State University.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 33 bachelors’s general applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general applied math students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general applied math students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe General Applied Mathematics Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s general applied math degrees 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.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 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 list, Baylor has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Applied Math students per year to attend Baylor.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Full Baylor University General Applied Mathematics Report

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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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