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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

2 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Computational Science is the 244th most popular major in the country with 1,184 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computational science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 120 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computational science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computational science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computational science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree computational science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 12 doctorate’s computational science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computational Science at UT Austin

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s computational science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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