2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 59 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general operations research programs and cost less that 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Operations Research at Southern Methodist University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research (With Aid)

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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