by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for computational science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 221 bachelor's degrees in computational science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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The scientific computing bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computational science students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Computational Science Bachelor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in computational science.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in computational science. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from The University of Texas at Austin
Tufts University is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in computational science. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from Tufts University
Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in computational science. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from Michigan State University
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in computational science. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from Iowa State University
Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from Washington State University
Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from Temple University
UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from University of Georgia
USCB is a small public university located in the town of Bluffton.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from University of South Carolina - Beaufort
Hamline is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from Hamline University
Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in computational science from Montclair State University
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