by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,360 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 224th most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the Southeast region, there were 219 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,345 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computational science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computational science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Beaufort. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Bluffton, South Carolina, this small public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #2 spot on the list. 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.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Computational Science at Florida State University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #3 spot on the list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asbury University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Wilmore, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computational science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computational Science at Asbury University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region list. A-State is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. Fayetteville, Arkansas 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 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.
Read full report on Computational Science at University of Arkansas
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