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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 59 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,100 and $15,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the operations research program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas 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 Texas

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s operations research degrees to qualified students.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Operations Research at SMU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k)

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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