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2023 Best Value Computational Science Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,204 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computational Science School for You

Computational Science is the #178 most popular major in California with 34 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Computational Science Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for computational science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Computational Science Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computational Science Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Computational Science

$14,700 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - San Diego the best value school in California for computational science students. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSD are $14,700 per year.

Full Computational Science at University of California - San Diego Report

$13,775 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computational Science Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC Irvine are $13,775 a year.

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best computational science schools in California. SDSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Diego.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SDSU are $8,136 a year.

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State Degrees Awarded

One of 36 majors within the area of study, computational science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Computational Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
International Studies 918

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Yearofthedragon.

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