2023 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

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 Southwest Region for a Master’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 Southwest region, there were 142 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree computational science students.

Top 5 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Southwest Region

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

#20 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 48 masters’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about Computational Science at University of Oklahoma

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 19 masters’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Computational Science Report

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The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas

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 #3 for the Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 12 masters’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UTEP Computational Science Report

4

Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s computational science degrees to qualified students.

Full Texas A&M Commerce Computational Science Report

5

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Computational Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s computational science degrees to qualified students.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Computational Science Report

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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