2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,360 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 380th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 142 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in computational science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular computational science programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree scientific computing students.

Top 5 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Southwest Region

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

#20 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 48 masters’s scientific computing degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Oklahoma Computational Science Report

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s scientific computing students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UT Austin Computational Science Report

3

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Computational Science Report

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Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Texas A&M Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Computational Science at Texas A&M Commerce

5

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Scientific Computing Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s scientific computing students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Computational Science Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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