2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the Southeast 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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Operations Research is the 332nd most popular major in the country with 1,698 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 95 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general operations research. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general operations research program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Operations Research in the Southeast Region

1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Operations Research at Georgia Tech

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s general operations research degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Operations Research at North Carolina State University

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Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Operations Research Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s general operations research students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Operations Research at Florida Institute of Technology

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.