2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,184 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 460th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 308 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computational science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computational science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Marquette is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marquette, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette are $21,690, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Computational Science at Marquette University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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