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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Operations Research for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s general operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 11,254 students enrolled at MIT, 129 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 38 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,024. In addition to receiving other benefits, 32 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 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%.
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