SUMMARY
Majoring in Computational Mathematics is a valuable choice and often a necessary first step for scholars wishing to begin a career as a computational mathematician, a genetics research, or a machine learning developer. In fact, computational mathematics is a ​unique major ranking as the 344th most popular major. In the last year, there were 232 computational mathematics degrees conferred. In-state tuition for computational mathematics at private colleges is, on average, 4 times more costly than their public peers.
With only 23 institutions offering this degree there could be a smaller selection of institutions you can choose from. If you are looking to surround yourself with other computational mathematics majors, look at schools in California which have the most undergraduates admitted to computational mathematics annually. Zooming out, the top region to get a degree in computational mathematics is in the Far West region with California Institute of Technology, University of California-Los Angeles, and University of Washington-Seattle Campus best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the top conference to study computational mathematics is the Pacific-12 Conference with Arizona State University-Tempe, University of California-Los Angeles, and University of Washington-Seattle Campus representing the conference. That said, our choice for the best school for computational mathematics is Brown University, and here you can find our comprehensive list for the best colleges.
The overall best school does not mean it is the 'best' school for you. There are a bunch more facets to think about when choosing school. Things such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food might definitely change one's feelings of which university to attend. Here at Authority, we've examined the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are interested in which computational mathematics school has the superior campus, the winner is University of California-Los Angeles. If you are mostly interested in which college has the top campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more in order to compare all U.S. majors in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the universities with the best student life here and our pick of the school with the best student life for computational mathematics is University of California-Los Angeles. Curious why? Keep reading to discover more about our top choices. Many of our conclusions will probably surprise you.
If cost is a significant deciding factor in your decision on where to go to college, you might consider avoiding Brown University. Brown University is our most expensive school for computational mathematics, at least regarding out of state enrollment. We have a list of the most expensive universities that could put the price tag of Brown University into perspective. For more context, you could want to know that computational mathematics is the 76th most expensive major in the United States, with an average associated cost of $41,200. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for computational mathematics on our list is Rhode Island demonstrated with a tuition of $57,112 at Brown University. Even more broadly, the most costly region for computational mathematics is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.
Our cheapest region for computational mathematics is the Southwest region which is represented by Arizona State University-Tempe with a cost of $28,800. More optimistically, the most affordable college for computational mathematics is Arizona State University-Tempe. Authority's full list of the most affordable schools can be explored here.
In-state learners can anticipate paying around $12,700 for a degree in computational mathematics. That cost balloons intensely to an average of $37,800 for an out-of-state public-school undergraduate. As such, you might be interested in our pick for the college with the best value for computational mathematics: Carnegie Mellon University. Here you can see our comprehensive list of the schools we see as being the best value in general. With that said, this discussion is predicated on being an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when it comes to in-state tuition, as such, we are using out-of-state tuition as the baseline.
Earnings for computational mathematics majors differ a lot, but within two-years of graduation students will regularly make around $47,800. There is a lot of variation in salary; highest paid earners can bring in up to $86,200. Right out of school, the lowest earning positions within the computational mathematics field make $26,100, which could be worse. The highest earning graduates from computational mathematics studied at Carnegie Mellon University and if you are looking for universities with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.
The all-around diversity of computational mathematics ranks high, ranking within the 92nd percentile of majors nationally. The university with the highest composite diversity for computational mathematics is Carnegie Mellon University and here you can find our general list of the schools which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of Computational Mathematics sits only within the 51st percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is greater than financial diversity, ranking in the 88th percentile. White students compose the largest proportion at 39% of students majoring in computational mathematics. Additionally, 60% of undergrads pursuing a computational mathematics degree are men.
The median ranking for computational mathematics' professors is 4 stars, a score that is right on the average score across all majors; this is a fine. If you are curious about the most popular computational mathematics instructor in the nation, take a look at Greg Cameron from Brigham Young University-Idaho. It may be a shock, but the highest ranked professors of computational mathematics according to students are found at Mesa Community College. As we including data beyond basic rankings it becomes clear that the university possessing the best instructors for computational mathematics is California Institute of Technology. One will find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, along with some of the best examples of professors in the country.
Finally, the most difficult college to get into for computational mathematics is California Institute of Technology. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we have a comprehensive page for the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we do hope you believe that approaching the higher education world from examples only built on superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental problems. We at Authority hope you look at some of our other pages on different universities and read a couple of our background articles on useful things to consider as you progress with your university search.