2022 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mathematics & Computer Science is the 229th most popular major in the country with 1,134 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mathematics and computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,850 and had an average of $21,473 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 552 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,363 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mathematics and computer science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mathematics and computer science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Far Western US Region

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. SDSU is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 5 masters’s math and compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at San Diego State University are $18,658.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at SDSU

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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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