Computational Science

A program that focuses on the study of scientific computing and its application. Includes instruction in scientific visualization, multi-scale analysis, grid generation, data analysis, applied mathematics, numerical algorithms, high performance parallel computing, and numerical modeling and simulation with applications in science, engineering and other disciplines in which computation plays an integral role.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 77 institutions across the United States, with a total of 6598 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

410

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,477

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

4,431

awards given

Top Schools for Computational Science

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	1,041
2	Georgetown University Washington, DC	522
3	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	375
4	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	330
5	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	318
6	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	317
7	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	315
8	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	285
9	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	201
10	University of Georgia Athens, GA	196
11	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	168
12	Tufts University Medford, MA	156
13	Washington State University Pullman, WA	147
14	Saint Peter's University Jersey City, NJ	141
15	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley Malvern, PA	117
16	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	108
17	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	108
18	Chapman University Orange, CA	105
19	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	81
20	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	81
21	Clemson University Clemson, SC	78
22	Augustana College Rock Island, IL	69
23	Florida International University Miami, FL	63
24	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	63
25	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	60
26	Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY	60
27	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	57
28	Iowa State University Ames, IA	54
29	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	54
30	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	51
31	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	51
32	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	48
33	New York University New York, NY	48
34	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	42
35	Ball State University Muncie, IN	39
36	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	36
37	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	36
38	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	36
39	University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton, SC	33
40	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	31
41	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	30
42	Augustana University Sioux Falls, SD	30
43	Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN	27
44	Drew University Madison, NJ	27
45	University of Maine Orono, ME	27
46	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	27
47	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	24
48	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	23
49	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN	21
50	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	21
51	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN	18
52	Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA	18
53	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	15
54	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	12
55	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	12
56	Creighton University Omaha, NE	12
57	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	12
58	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	12
59	Brown University Providence, RI	12
60	Hamline University Saint Paul, MN	12
61	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	9
62	University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI	8
63	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	8
64	Millikin University Decatur, IL	6
65	Fontbonne University Saint Louis, MO	6
66	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	6
67	University of New England Biddeford, ME	6
68	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	6
69	Utah State University Logan, UT	6
70	Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA	3
71	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	3
72	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	3
73	Indiana University-Southeast New Albany, IN	3
74	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI	3
75	Indiana University-East Richmond, IN	3
76	Duke University Durham, NC	3
77	Mercer University Macon, GA	3