a master's degree in computational science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #118 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for computational science students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 94 master's degrees in computational science to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computational science students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other computational science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for computational science to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computational science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computational science students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Computational Science Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Any student who is interested in a master's degree in computational science needs to check out University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Norman.
Master's students who receive their degree from the computational science program make an average of $121,323 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
