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

10 Ranked Colleges
454 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 454 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in applied mathematics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied mathematics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 69 masters’s applied math degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 32 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 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 Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 63 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 154 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree applied math students list, UT Dallas has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 5 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

University of Arizona landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified masters’s applied math students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree applied math students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

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#10 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Arlington are $23,376.

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#9

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Rice University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s applied math degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 60 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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