You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Operations Research Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 ’s operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Operations Research Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $13,608 for Pennsylvania Operations Research students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Carnegie Mellon.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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