2023 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mathematics & Computer Science is the 221st most popular major in the country with 1,302 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mathematics and computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $80,867 and had an average of $19,874 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 82 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mathematics and computer science. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mathematics and computer science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Southeast Region

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$19,551 Average Net Price

$56,435 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 41 ’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

GMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for GMU is $19,551 for southeast region math & compsci students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at GMU

2

Virginia Wesleyan University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$22,653 Average Net Price

$32,697 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region list. VWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

VWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,653 for Southeast Region Math & CompSci students per year to attend Virginia Wesleyan University.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at Virginia Wesleyan 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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