2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 $75-$110k” 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computational science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computational science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The scientific computing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree scientific computing students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s scientific computing students in 2019-2020.

Marquette also made our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Computational Science at Marquette

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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