2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Southeast region, there were 214 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,345 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 computational science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree computational science students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computational Science in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s computational science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Chattanooga Computational Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Computational Science Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s computational science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full Florida State Computational Science Report
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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
- *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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