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2023 Best Value Computational Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,570 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computational Science Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Computational Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Computational Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Computational Science Graduate Certificate School

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our analysis found San Diego State University to be the best value school for computational science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

SDSU graduate students pay an average of $9,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Computational Science at San Diego State University Report

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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 values are for the top school 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).
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