2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,302 people earned their degree in mathematics and computer science, making the major the 369th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mathematics and computer science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in mathematics and computer science.

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Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree math & compsci students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Southwest Region

1

LeTourneau University
Longview, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Longview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s math and compsci students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mathematics & Computer Science at LETU

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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s math and compsci students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, 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 97%.

Full UT Austin Mathematics & Computer 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

Footnotes

• *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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