2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in Connecticut

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 Master’s in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Applied Mathematics is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 10,462 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Connecticut, there were 328 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 236 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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 applied mathematics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 201 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576.

Read more about Applied Mathematics at UCONN

#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Connecticut. It awarded 11 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield University are $19,267, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Applied Mathematics at Fairfield U

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson.

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