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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Computational Science is the 460th most popular major in the country with 1,184 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 164 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computational science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computational science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computational science 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 Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 35 masters’s scientific computing degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computational Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s scientific computing students in 2019-2020.

FIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computational Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s scientific computing students in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Computational Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176.

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• Best Value Master’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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