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

7 Ranked Colleges
242 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 755 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,050 and $21,685 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 242 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied math students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rice, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rice University is $3,437 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,454 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Applied Mathematics Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,044 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

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

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 43 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State University is $11,125 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Applied Mathematics at Texas State University

#5

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $10,203 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Houston.

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

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#7 in overall quality

University of Houston - Downtown landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown also took the #7 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Downtown is $5,065 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $26,726 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 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%.

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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