2024 Best Computational Science Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
142Computational Science Degrees Awarded
Computational Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #224 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for computational science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 142 degrees in computational science to qualified students.
Your choice of computational science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Computational Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Computational Science Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Computational Science in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the computational science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Computational Science
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in computational science. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 64 computational science students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a good option for students interested in a degree in computational science. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Norman. A Best Colleges rank of #140 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Oklahoma is a great university overall.
There were roughly 53 computational science students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat The University of Texas at El Paso if you want to pursue a degree in computational science. UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the city of El Paso. This university ranks 56th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 16 computational science students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent data year.
Texas A&M University - Commerce is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in computational science. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Commerce. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 6 computational science students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of computational science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Computational Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
