2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Applied Mathematics (Income $0-$30k) in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 232 people earned their degree in other applied mathematics, making the major the 758th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 152 other applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 147 other applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other applied mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other applied mathematics 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 other applied mathematics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Applied Mathematics (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

#1 in overall quality

$-1,387 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other applied math students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stanford, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stanford University is $-1,387 for California Bachelor’s Degree Other Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k. When an average net price is negative, it usually means that the student will receive more financial aid than it costs to attend the school.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

#2 in overall quality

$10,316 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Santa Barbara, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other applied math degrees to 107 students in 2019-2020.

UCSB also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $10,316 for California Bachelor’s Degree Other Applied Math students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UCSB.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson.

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