2023 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
70
Degrees Awarded
$23,400
Avg Net Price*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Mathematics & Computer Science is the 369th most popular major in the country with 1,302 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 70 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 ’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $23,888 for middle atlantic region math & compsci students per year to attend Temple.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad 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%.
Full Temple University Mathematics & Computer Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s math and compsci degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia University in the City of New York is $22,823 for middle atlantic region math & compsci students.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Mathematics & Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York
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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
- *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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