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2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
242 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied mathematics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 applied mathematics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in the Southwest Region

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston - Downtown. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students list, UH Downtown has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Downtown is $6,848 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students list, Texas State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied math degrees to 8 students 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. It costs about $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students per year to attend UH.

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

Full UH Applied Mathematics Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 62 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied math students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full ASU - Tempe Applied Mathematics Report

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 77 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied math students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

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#6

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Rice University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rice University is $16,999 for southwest region bachelor’s degree applied math students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#7

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Baylor is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s applied math degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students.

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.

Full Baylor University 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%.

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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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