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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Ranked Colleges
539 Degrees Awarded
$43,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Operations Research is the 198th most popular major in the country with 1,760 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 895 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $91,225 and $41,903 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 539 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in operations research. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 operations research program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Operations Research (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Princeton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Princeton, New Jersey. It awarded 14 masters’s operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Princeton also took the #2 spot in our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton University are $56,470, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Operations Research at Princeton 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 #2 for the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s operations research degrees to 328 students in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194.

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#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s operations research degrees to 160 students in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042.

Full Cornell Operations Research Report

#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s operations research degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree operations research students whose families make $0-$30k list, Carnegie Mellon has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Carnegie Mellon University Operations Research Report

#5

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Operations Research Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 1 masters’s operations research degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Operations Research Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Operations Research Report

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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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