by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 1,383 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 224th most popular in the United States. In , computational science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $69,024 and had an average of $27,480 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 48 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in computational science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computational science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The computational science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree computational science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Augustana University is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 6 bachelors’s computational science degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Computational Science at Augustana Sioux Falls
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Plains States Region. Winona State University is a public institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Read full report on Computational Science at Winona State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computational science degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loras College landed the #4 spot on the list. Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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