2025 Best Computational Science Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Computational Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #118 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Computational Science Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 master's degrees in computational science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computational science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of computational science students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt computational science students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computational science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computational science students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Computational Science Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Computational Science in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for computational science students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Computational Science

1

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

22 Annual Graduates

University of California - Irvine is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in computational science. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine.More information about a master’s in computational science from University of California - Irvine

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

10 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in computational science needs to look into University of California - San Diego. UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla.More information about a master’s in computational science from University of California - San Diego

Best Computational Science Colleges by State

Explore the best computational science schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	18

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Computational Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 51 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, Computational Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Computational Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Computational Science	51

Majors Similar to Computational Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Dispute Resolution	183
Sustainability Science	181
Nutrition Science	178
Human Computer Interaction	177
Data Analytics	143
Gerontology	139
Data Science	136
Biological & Physical Science	88
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	87
International Studies	87

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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