2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Mathematics in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2021-2022, 416 people earned their degree in computational mathematics, making the major the 651st most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 37 computational mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 computational mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Math Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computational mathematics. That schools that top this list have a program in computational mathematics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Math Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Math Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Mathematics in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Morgan State University
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Math Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computational math degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Computational Mathematics at Morgan State University

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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Math Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s computational math students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Computational Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon

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.

Credits

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