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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Illinois, there were 66 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in operations research. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent operations research programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 62 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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