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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s operations research students in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC 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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