2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Southwest region, 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 $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the operations research program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Vallue Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Vallue Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree operations research students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 5 doctorate’s operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478.

Read full report on Operations Research at SMU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income Over $110k)

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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