2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Far Western US Region
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Computational Science is the 224th most popular major in the country with 1,383 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Far Western US region, there were 80 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #1 spot on the list. Orange, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s computational science degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is a large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 1 doctorate’s computational science degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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