2023 Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 82 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mathematics and computer science. To top this list, a school must have a successful mathematics and computer science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

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

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

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

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 Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s math and compsci degrees to qualified students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at George Mason University

2

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Math & CompSci Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s math and compsci students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mathematics & Computer Science at Louisiana Tech University

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics & Computer Science

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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