2023 Most Well Attended General Operations Research Major in the New England Region for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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In 2020-2021, 1,698 people earned their degree in general operations research, making the major the 332nd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 98 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Operations Research Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general operations research. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general operations research programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended General Operations Research Major in the New England Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree general operations research students.
Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Operations Research Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern University General Operations Research Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Operations Research Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.