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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the Middle Atlantic Region

3 Ranked Colleges
299 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,760 people earned their degree in general operations research, making the major the 322nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 895 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 299 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general operations research. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general operations research programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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The general operations research school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

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Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Princeton, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general operations research degrees to 69 students in 2019-2020.

Princeton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $11,317 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree General Operations Research students per year to attend Princeton University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 77 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general operations research students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $23,306 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general operations research students per year to attend Columbia University in the City of New York.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $40,126 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general operations research students per year to attend Cornell.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Operations Research at Cornell University

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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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