by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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.
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 “Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computational science. To top this list, a school must have a successful computational science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree computational science students.
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 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. Bluffton, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Mercer is a private not-for-profit institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asbury University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Asbury is a small school located in Wilmore, Kentucky that handed out 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. 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 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
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