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2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas

7 Ranked Colleges
340 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master's in Texas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas” 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 Texas, there were 552 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,050 and $21,370 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 340 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in Texas

#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 Texas. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 69 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Applied Mathematics Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #5 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689.

Full University of Houston Applied Mathematics Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 154 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610.

Full The University of Texas at Dallas Applied Mathematics Report

#6 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 Texas list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 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 #6 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNT Applied Mathematics Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Arlington are $23,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Rice University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 7 masters’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913.

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#2 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s applied math degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” 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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