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2022 Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate

5 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in computational science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computational science programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science

#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. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 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” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computational Science at The University of Texas at Austin

#4 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. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s computational science degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also made our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Computational Science Report

#3

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #3 spot on the list. Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s computational science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree computational science students list, Marquette has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Marquette Computational Science Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a public institution located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Chattanooga also took the #5 spot in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Chattanooga are $18,334.

Read more about Computational Science at UT Chattanooga

#5

Chapman University

Orange, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Orange, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified doctorate’s computational science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree computational science students list, Chapman has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman are $35,105, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Computational Science at Chapman

#4 in overall quality

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. Pitt is a large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 doctorate’s computational science degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt also made our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836.

Read more about Computational Science at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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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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