by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Applied Mathematics is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,107 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, applied mathematics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,929 and had an average of $21,348 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 93 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,789 and $19,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied mathematics. That schools that top this list have a program in applied mathematics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree applied math students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Portland. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in Oregon list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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