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2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
471 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 471 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general operations research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general operations research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general operations research program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Princeton, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 69 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general operations research students in 2019-2020.

Princeton also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Princeton University is $16,989 for Bachelor’s Degree General Operations Research students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Princeton University General Operations Research Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general operations research degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Columbia is $18,637 for Bachelor’s Degree General Operations Research students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on General Operations Research at Columbia

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #3 spot on the list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general operations research degrees to 58 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of California - Berkeley is $21,401 for bachelor’s degree general operations research students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UC Berkeley General Operations Research Report

#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 89 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general operations research students in 2019-2020.

Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Cornell University is $23,128 for Bachelor’s Degree General Operations Research students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Operations Research at Cornell University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general operations research students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree general operations research students whose families make $75-$110k list, SMU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $34,587 for Bachelor’s Degree General Operations Research students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Operations Research at Southern Methodist University

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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