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2022 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$24,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mathematics & Computer Science is the 408th most popular major in the country with 1,134 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 81 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mathematics and computer science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Southeast Region

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s math and compsci degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for GMU is $21,048 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Math & CompSci students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at GMU

#2

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lipscomb University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Lipscomb is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree math & compsci students list, Lipscomb has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,749 for southeast region bachelor’s degree math & compsci students per year to attend Lipscomb.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Lipscomb Mathematics & Computer Science Report

#3

The University of Tampa

Tampa, Florida
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tampa. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. The University of Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree math & compsci students list, UT has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT is $30,990 for southeast region bachelor’s degree math & compsci students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Full The University of Tampa Mathematics & Computer Science Report

#4

Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Wesleyan University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

VWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $23,425 for southeast region bachelor’s degree math & compsci students per year to attend VWU.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at Virginia Wesleyan University

#5

Warren Wilson College

Swannanoa, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Warren Wilson College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Swannanoa, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s math and compsci degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Warren Wilson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,858 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Math & CompSci students per year to attend Warren Wilson.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Mathematics & Computer Science at Warren Wilson

#6

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Emory University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Emory University is $23,734 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Math & CompSci students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Mathematics & Computer Science at Emory University

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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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