2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for General Operations Research for a Bachelor’s

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General Operations Research is the 332nd most popular major in the country with 1,698 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New York, there were 699 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 173 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for General Operations Research for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general operations research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general operations research programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general operations research program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for General Operations Research for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for General Operations Research for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

2 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$12,780 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for General Operations Research for a Bachelor’s. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 84 bachelors’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.

Cornell also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell University were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell]](/colleges/cornell-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

739 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for General Operations Research for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general operations research students in 2020-2021.

Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia, 739 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,069. On top of their other funding sources, 328 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.