2022 Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US 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 Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Operations Research is the 322nd most popular major in the country with 1,760 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 411 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general 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 general operations research program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 General Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree general operations research students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Operations Research Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 16 doctorate’s general operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also made our “Best General Operations Research Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Operations Research at UC Berkeley

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research

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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