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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research (Income $0-$30k)

17 Ranked Colleges
1,049 Degrees Awarded
$37,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Operations Research is the 322nd most popular major in the country with 1,760 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,049 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 17 colleges that offered a degree in general operations research. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general operations research programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general operations research program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 17 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Princeton University is located in Princeton, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree general operations research students whose families make $0-$30k list, Princeton has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton are $56,470.

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#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 8 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 328 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree general operations research students whose families make $0-$30k list, Columbia has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 160 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

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#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 62 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

University of California - Berkeley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of California - Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 147 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 36 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech also made our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#11 in overall quality

North Carolina State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 18 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#10 in overall quality

Northeastern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 23 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#10

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326.

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#11

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#8 in overall quality

University of Southern California landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree general operations research students whose families make $0-$30k list, USC has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general operations research degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#13

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#14 in overall quality

Kansas State University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general operations research degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115.

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#14

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

With a ranking of #14, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick General Operations Research Report

#15 in overall quality

With a ranking of #15, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree general operations research students whose families make $0-$30k list, Illinois Tech has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#12 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s general operations research students in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #12 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#17

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#13 in overall quality

Florida Institute of Technology landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Melbourne, Florida, and it awarded 15 masters’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Tech are $22,588, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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