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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$8,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,760 people earned their degree in operations research, making the major the 198th most popular in the United States. 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 Far Western US region, there were 411 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,800 and $13,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The 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 Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Operations Research Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $8,392 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Operations Research students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UC Berkeley.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Operations Research at University of California - Berkeley

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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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