2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,900
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 276 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 189 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in applied mathematics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied mathematics.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 9 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 102 masters’s applied math degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized public school situated in Duluth, Minnesota. It awarded 15 masters’s applied math degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 30 masters’s applied math degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s applied math degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Applied Mathematics Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 30 masters’s applied math degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Applied Mathematics at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s applied math students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Applied Mathematics at Mizzou
Iowa State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s applied math degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Applied Mathematics at Iowa State
University of Northern Iowa landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 0 masters’s applied math degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Northern Iowa Applied Mathematics Report
University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Math Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s applied math degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Applied Mathematics at UMKC
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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