by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,698 people earned their degree in general operations research, making the major the 332nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 856 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 297 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general operations research. That schools that top this list have a program in general operations research in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Naval Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Annapolis is a small school located in Annapolis, Maryland that handed out 70 bachelors’s general operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, United States Military Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. West Point is located in West Point, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the #3 spot on the list. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Princeton, New Jersey. It awarded 54 bachelors’s general operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on General Operations Research at Princeton University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 84 bachelors’s general operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on General Operations Research at Cornell University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s general operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Carnegie Mellon University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general operations research degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Carnegie Mellon University General Operations Research Report
With a ranking of #6, LIU Post did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LIU Post is a fairly large school located in Brookville, New York that handed out 0 bachelors’s general operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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