2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2019-2020, 321 people earned their degree in mathematics and statistics, making the major the 729th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 155 mathematics and statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in mathematics and statistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mathematics and statistics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mathematics and statistics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s math and stats students in 2019-2020.
BYU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,322 for bachelor’s degree math and stats students per year to attend BYU.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s math and stats degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Downtown, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,848 for bachelor’s degree math and stats students per year to attend UH Downtown.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s math and stats degrees in 2019-2020.
USA also made our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for USA is $15,501 for Bachelor’s Degree Math and Stats students.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the #4 spot on the list. WWU is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 12 bachelors’s math and stats degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree math and stats students list, WWU has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WWU is $16,529 for bachelor’s degree math and stats students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Canisius College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s. Canisius College is a small school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s math and stats degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Canisius, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Canisius College is $19,222 for bachelor’s degree math and stats students.
University of Arizona landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree math and stats students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for Bachelor’s Degree Math and Stats students per year to attend University of Arizona.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s math and stats degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
UT Dallas also took the #8 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Dallas is $15,232 for bachelor’s degree math and stats students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Luther College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Luther College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Decorah, Iowa. It awarded 6 bachelors’s math and stats degrees in 2019-2020.
Luther not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Luther College is $23,620 for Bachelor’s Degree Math and Stats students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Gustavus Adolphus College landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Gustavus Adolphus College is a small school located in Saint Peter, Minnesota that handed out 4 bachelors’s math and stats degrees in 2019-2020.
Gustavus Adolphus also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Gustavus Adolphus College is $19,093 for bachelor’s degree math and stats students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Emory University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s math and stats students in 2019-2020.
Emory also made our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Emory University is $23,734 for Bachelor’s Degree Math and Stats students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Mathematics & Statistics at Emory University
University of Notre Dame ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree math and stats students list, Notre Dame has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $33,025 for bachelor’s degree math and stats students per year to attend Notre Dame.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Dartmouth College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Math and Stats Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Hanover, New Hampshire, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s math and stats degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dartmouth, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dartmouth is $33,574 for Bachelor’s Degree Math and Stats students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a 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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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%.
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- *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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