2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics and computer science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mathematics and computer science.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The math & compsci school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Mercyhurst University
Erie, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Erie, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s math and compsci degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at Mercyhurst University

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Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Math & CompSci Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s math and compsci degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mathematics & Computer Science at Duquesne University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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