2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

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 Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,184 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 460th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 19 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computational science programs and cost less that 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 science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree scientific computing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 masters’s scientific computing degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computational Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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