2023 Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Mathematics & Computer Science is the 369th most popular major in the country with 1,302 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 82 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics and computer science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mathematics and computer 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 mathematics and computer science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region math & compsci students whose families make $48-$75k.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. GMU is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 41 ’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend George Mason University is $19,066 for Southeast Region Math & CompSci students whose families make $48-$75k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at GMU
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Math & CompSci Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 7 ’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
VWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend VWU is $22,128 for southeast region math & compsci students whose families make $48-$75k.
Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at Virginia Wesleyan University
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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
- *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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