by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,698 people earned their degree in operations research, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, operations research graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $84,787 and had an average of $14,538 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 856 operations research graduates with average earnings and debt of $94,487 and $13,682 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 297 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 Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in operations research. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in operations research.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on 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 Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Annapolis is located in Annapolis, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 70 bachelors’s operations research degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on 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 operations research degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Princeton, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s operations research degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cornell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Carnegie Mellon University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Carnegie Mellon University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #6, LIU Post did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Operations Research Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Brookville, New York, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s operations research degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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