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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k) in California

1 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Operations Research is the 198th most popular major in the country with 1,760 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, operations research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $79,967 and had an average of $28,139 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 411 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,800 and $13,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality operations research programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the operations research program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree operations research students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 doctorate’s operations research degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

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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