2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational & Applied Mathematics in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

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 Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 906 people earned their degree in computational and applied mathematics, making the major the 505th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 132 computational and applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 computational and applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computational and applied mathematics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computational and applied mathematics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 computational and applied mathematics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree computational and applied math students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational & Applied Mathematics in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

#1 in overall quality

$55,011 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stanford University is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 masters’s computational and applied math degrees to qualified students.

Stanford also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computational & Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Computational & Applied Mathematics at Stanford University

#2

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

$28,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Computational and Applied Math Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Santa Cruz, California, and it awarded 5 masters’s computational and applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz also made our “Best Computational & Applied Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Cruz are $28,952.

Full University of California - Santa Cruz Computational & Applied Mathematics Report

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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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