2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in Virginia

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

Across Virginia, there were 55 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia bachelor’s degree math & compsci students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$21,048 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 30 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend George Mason University is $21,048 for virginia bachelor’s degree math & compsci students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mathematics & Computer Science at GMU

#2

Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$23,425 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s math and compsci students in 2019-2020.

VWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The estimated yearly cost for VWU is $23,425 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Math & CompSci students.

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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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