2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science 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 Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computational Science is the 460th most popular major in the country with 1,184 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 77 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computational science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computational science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree scientific computing students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Chapman University

Orange, California

#1 in overall quality

$35,105 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Scientific Computing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Orange, California, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s scientific computing degrees in 2019-2020.

Chapman also made our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman are $35,105, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Computational Science at Chapman University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (With Aid)

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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