2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 97 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree scientific computing students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania list. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s scientific computing degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836.

Read full report on Computational Science at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science

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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