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2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
231 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,462 people earned their degree in applied mathematics, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, applied mathematics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,528 and had an average of $22,646 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 299 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 231 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in applied mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied 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 applied 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 Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 45 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k list, BYU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $8,834 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend BYU.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Utah is $11,511 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Boulder is $13,366 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 25 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mines is $17,276 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k list, U of I has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $10,877 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend U of I.

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#6

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

Boise State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boise State University is $12,000 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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