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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
242 Degrees Awarded
$48,050 Avg Salary
Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Applied Mathematics is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 10,462 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, applied mathematics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,528 and had an average of $22,646 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 755 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,050 and $21,685 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 242 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied mathematics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rice, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rice is $7,318 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Rice University Applied Mathematics Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 77 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $18,810 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Applied Mathematics Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,250 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas State University.

Read more about Applied Mathematics at Texas State

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $14,033 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Applied Mathematics at ASU - Tempe

#5

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $12,505 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Applied Mathematics at University of Houston

#7 in overall quality

University of Houston - Downtown ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Houston - Downtown is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $8,675 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $48-$75k list, Baylor has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $31,343 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Applied Mathematics at Baylor 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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