by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Computational Science is the 224th most popular major in the country with 1,360 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computational science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,024 and had an average of $22,500 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 221 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major” ranking looked at 39 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computational science. That schools that top this list have a program in computational science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The computational science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major”.
Out of the 39 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Beaufort landed the #1 spot on the list. USCB is located in Bluffton, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Computational Science at University of South Carolina - Beaufort
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computational Science at University of Rochester
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augustana University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major. Augustana Sioux Falls is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 7 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major. Located in Mayaguez, , this fairly large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Le Moyne College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Computational Science at Le Moyne College
Elizabethtown College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #6. Elizabethtown College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Winona State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Winona State University is a public institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computational Science at Winona State University
Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small school located in Terre Haute, Indiana that handed out 2 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Computational Science at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology
Washington State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s 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%.
Millikin University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Decatur, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
University of the Sciences landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full University of the Sciences Computational Science Report
Tufts University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Tufts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Temple University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, 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.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Computational Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
University of Michigan - Dearborn came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #16. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Iowa State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #17. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Augustana College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #18. Augustana College is located in Rock Island, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Florida State University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Florida State is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read more about Computational Science at Florida State University
American University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Rowan University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. This fairly large school is located in Glassboro, New Jersey, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Augusta landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Augusta, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computational Science at University of Maine at Augusta
With a ranking of #22, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Eastern Michigan University Computational Science Report
Northern Arizona University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Computational Science at Northern Arizona University
New York City College of Technology ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Computational Science Report
Mercer University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #22, Siena College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major list. Siena is located in Loudonville, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Duquesne University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Loras College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Loras College is located in Dubuque, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Michigan State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Michigan State is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 19 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read more about Computational Science at Michigan State University
University of Arkansas landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #22. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. UW - River Falls is a public institution located in River Falls, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #22. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Computational Science at UT Rio Grande Valley
Montclair State University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Located in Montclair, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Asbury University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking. Asbury is a small school located in Wilmore, Kentucky that handed out 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Anderson University Indiana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major ranking, coming in at #22. This small school is located in Anderson, Indiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Computational Science at Anderson University Indiana
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