2023 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mathematics & Computer Science is the 369th most popular major in the country with 1,302 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 82 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mathematics and computer science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mathematics and computer science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mathematics and computer science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$14,781 Average Net Price

$56,435 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 41 ’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend GMU is $14,781 for southeast region math & compsci students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full George Mason University Mathematics & Computer Science Report

2

Virginia Wesleyan University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$20,336 Average Net Price

$32,697 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Virginia Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 7 ’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

VWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $20,336 for Southeast Region Math & CompSci students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend VWU.

Read more about Mathematics & Computer Science at Virginia Wesleyan University

• Best Value Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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