2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Operations Research

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Operations Research” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 70 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Operations Research” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general operations research. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general operations research programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general operations research program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Operations Research

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Operations Research”.

Top 2 Best General Operations Research Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

327 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$15,612 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Operations Research list. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 43 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

SMU also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Southern Methodist University supports 12,373 students, and 327 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 215 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. To help with additional expenses, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Methodist University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at SMU]](/colleges/southern-methodist-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Rice University
Houston, Texas

157 GI Bill® Students**

$18,656 Average GI Bill® Award

$77,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Operations Research list. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 12 ’s general operations research degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rice, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 157 of the 7,643 students enrolled at Rice were GI Bill® students, of which 80 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,656. In addition to receiving other benefits, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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.