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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Computational Science 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.

Computational Science is the 244th most popular major in the country with 1,184 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computational science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 120 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in computational science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computational science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,757 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computational Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $15,757 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computational Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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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#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$12,675 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Computational Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.

NAU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computational Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,675 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computational Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NAU.

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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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