2022 Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s scientific computing degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree scientific computing students list, UCF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Computational Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Computational Science at University of Central Florida

#2

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. FIU is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 9 masters’s scientific computing degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Computational Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Computational Science at FIU

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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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